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"God has not the slightest difficulty in bringing to a fullness of creation the person who is in some way incomplete and recognises this. The problem is with those who think that they are complete, and that creation is, at least in their case, finished."
"There is no greater satisfaction than a child who, when grown and at the age of accountability, is able to forgive us."
"Les délicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire."
"Est bien fou du cerveau Qui prétend contenter tout le monde et son père."
"He is well paid that is well satisfied."
"Enough is as good as a feast."
"Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene; No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there."
"Nul n'est content de sa fortune; Ni mécontent de son esprit."
"Multa petentibus Desunt multa. Bene est, cui Deus obtulit Parca, quod satis est manu."
"Ohe! jam satis est."
"Sed tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet Plus dapis, et rixæ multo minus invidiæque."
"My cup runneth over."
"Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm."
"Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est."