"Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store."

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Source : 'In praise of a contented mind' (1588); attributed

Edward Dyer

#Littles Quotes #Too Much Quotes #Rich Quotes

“In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.”
“One must always do what one really cannot.”
“Why do I feel you hear these prayers of mine, when so many ought to be ahead of me in line?”
“I write all the time, I've got a big, thick, old ledger book that I write stuff down in. I used to watch TV and write things that people would say and now I tend to get it more out of books and from conversations with people I meet.”
“A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it.”

Source : Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1866). “Principles of Education, Drawn from Nature and Revelation, and Applied to Female Education in the Upper Classes”, p.406
“I've never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don't take that sort of risk, you learn nothing.”
“If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.”

Source : Terry McMillan (2006). “The Interruption of Everything”, p.412, Penguin
“Of all the groups that sometimes claim to own your life, family is the hardest to defend your individual sovereignty from.”

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