The Jeffersonian cyclopedia; a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc.; |
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1762. CONTENTMENT, Wisdom of.— |
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1762. CONTENTMENT, Wisdom of.—
It
is wise and well to be contented with the good
things which the Master of the feast places
before us, and to be thankful for what we
have, rather than thoughtful about what we
have not.—
To Mrs. John Adams. Washington ed. vii, 53.
Ford ed., x, 71.
(M.
1817)
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