a contented mind is a perpetual feast en · X
Etymology
From a quiet heart is a continual feast, the translation of Proverbs 15:15 in the Coverdale Bible from 1535: :All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.
Meanings
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Contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances.
Of course, a contented mind is a perpetual feast, and many argue that it is better to live with a bad situation than move to an even worse one.
2012, Giovanni Boniolo, The Art of Deliberating, →ISBN:If they are content with this sort of locomotion, happy are they — "a contented mind is a perpetual feast."
1846, Harry Hieover, Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, page 131:True enjoyment is entirely independent of outward circumstances. It depends upon the proper and harmonious development and action of the mind, and upon a conscious harmony with the will of God ; and those who perhaps seek enjoyment least have it most abundantly. "A contented mind is a perpetual feast."
1866, E.O. Haven, THE PILLARS OF TRUTH: A Series of SERMONS ON THE DECALOGUE, pages 233–234:It has been observed that "a contented mind is a perpetual feast", and has been remarked, that persons of destitute of ambition and avarice, are peculiarly likely to enjoy long life.
1826, The House Book, or Family Chronicle of Useful Knowledge, and Cottage Physician: Combining Medicine, Cookery, Diet, General Economy, Health, Sea-bathing, Gardening, Manufactures, Arts, etc., ... Including Upwards of a Thousand Select Recipes and Prescriptions:In addition, it includes ecological-friendly concept of consumption which values thrift and moderate development such as “a contented mind is a perpetual feast” and “restraint of desire”.
2016, Qingzhou Xu, Materials Engineering and Environmental Science, →ISBN:
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Translations (5)
it chi si accontenta gode (contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances) · fi hyvä mieli on kuin alituiset pidot (contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances) · ja 足るを知るものは宝 (contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances) · pl zadowolony umysł to wieczna uczta (contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances) · cmn 知足常樂 /知足常乐 (contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances)