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"Savour a slow-paced contented life."
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"True contentment... is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare."
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"If I continually focus on what I don't have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it's completely full."
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"On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not the man who has little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."
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"Religion is the opium of the masses."
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"It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace."
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"Money may buy you the means to a happiness, but it cannot buy happiness itself."
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"Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him."
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"It was best to appreciate what you had and not yearn for more."
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"He who is contented is rich."
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"Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing."
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"It is possible to be happy and successful by living on one's own terms."
Success
"The past informs the present."
History
"Workdays are, I imagine, rather like learning to ice-skate Torvill and Dean's The Bolero. They start and end easily enough; it's the bit in the middle that causes the pain in the arse."
Work
"Angling is a sport, so sporting ethics should apply."
Ethics
"I like working among 'creative clutter'. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement."
Creativity
"You can escape completely, seeking an alternative life, or you can play the game and go absent without leave. How you do it is up to you."
Freedom
"We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become."
Society
"I wish for a simple life."
Simplicity
"If I can't garden in it, then I won't wear it."
Lifestyle
"Be confident enough to show your true self to the world."
Character
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