True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough…

Charles Caleb Colton
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True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1823). Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan, p.104
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True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1823). Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan, p.104

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