Quotes About Satisfaction

Napoleón no cenaba dos veces, ni podía tampoco tener más amantes de las que tiene cualquier estudiante de Medicina, no sé si me comprendes... Nuestra felicidad, amigo mío, tiene que caber siempre entre nuestros pies y nuestro occipucio, y, tanto si cuesta un millón al año como cien luises, la percepción intrínseca de ella es la misma en nuestro interior.

So he immolated himself. He made the sacrifice because he was a father; he went into voluntary exile. His daughters were satisfied, so he thought that he had done the best thing he could; but it was a family crime, and father and daughters were accomplices.

Woe to the man, as to the woman, who has left no desire unsatisfied! All is over then.

From that day my life has been nothing but happiness and prosperity. Nothing is more utterly uninteresting than a happy man, so let us say no more on that head, and return to the rest of the characters.

La avaricia empieza cuando se acaba la pobreza

Vous devenez si économe que vous finirez par trouver le moyen de vous nourrir en humant l'air de la cuisine.

I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith.

Arme, oude maan,' grinnikte Nathaniel, die helemaal in zijn sas was. 'Hij eigent zich eindeloos kleuren toe om er zijn bleke gezicht mee te beschilderen, en het blijft vergeefs!

He seemed satisfied with what he had made, although he didn't say anything. He just grinned at my reaction to it. I was so pleased that I jumped up and down, like those people who win prizes on TV game shows. My dad says they are told to act that way, and that it isn't dignified to get so excited over money. I guess it's okay to get excited over a great owl cage, though.

He who is greedy is always in want.

The covetous man is ever in want.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise. As for me, when you want a good laugh, you will find me, in a fine state, fat and sleek, a true hog of Epicurus' herd.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

He is not poor who has enough of things to use. If it is well with your belly, chest and feet, the wealth of kings can give you nothing more.

How comes it, Maecenas, that no man living is content with the lot that either his choice has given him, or chance has thrown in his way, but each has praise for those who follow other paths?

He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man?s door, Embittering all his state.

The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.

You have played enough you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

Lawyers and tarts are the two oldest professions in the world. And we always aim to please.

The voice from the tree did not summon them to do, but to be satisfied with what was done.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.