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Anna Pavlova
What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.
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Anne Frank
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
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Bible
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil: my cup runneth over.
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Chinese Proverb
He who is not satisfied with himself will grow; he who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
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Edward Young
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.
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Horace
Now, that's enough. [Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]
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Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough. [Lat., Multa petentibus Desunt multa. Bene est, cui Deus obtulit Parca, quod satis est manu.]
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Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy. [Lat., Sed tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet Plus dapis, et rixae multo minus invidiaeque.]
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Jean de la Fontaine
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Jean de la Fontaine
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. [Fr., Est bien fou du cerveau Qui pretend contenter tout le monde et son pere.]
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Lord Acton
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself. [Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.]
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Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. [Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune; Ni mecontent de son esprit.]
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