Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.