“The noblest mind the best contentment has.”

— Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (1589–1596), Book I, Canto I

About Edmund Spenser

1552 – 1599

English poet, author of the epic "The Faerie Queene".

“I trow that countenance cannot lie, / Whose thoughts are legible in the eie.”

“Death slue not him, but he made death his ladder to the skies.”

“I hate the day, because it lendeth light / To see all things, but not my love to see.”

“Our content is our best having.”

“In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition.”

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.”

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“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”

“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”