He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.
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Some have too much, yet still do crave;
I have little, and seek no more:
They are but poor, though much they have,
And I am rich with little store;
They poor, I rich; they beg, I give;
They lack, I have; they pine, I live.
—Sir Edward Dyer, (Died 1607.)
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If all the gems of earth were mine
And wealth and power were to me sent,
How infinitely poor I'd be
Without content.
—Annie W. McCoy.
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Is it possible to find perfect contentment? Some one once said:—"The secret of perfect contentment is, that there isn't any."