The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual i…

Charles Caleb Colton
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The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.92
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The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.92

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