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Classical antiquity2 quotes
Cease your efforts to find where the last rose lingers. — Horace · 23 BCBe happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BC
American Revolutionary Period1 quote
Human felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. — Benjamin Franklin · 1790
Ancient World1 quote
When a pair of magpies fly together They do not envy the pair of phoenixes. — Lady Ho · 300 BC
Colonial America1 quote
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744
The Renaissance1 quote
He is well paid that is well satisfied. — William Shakespeare · 1598