Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

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"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

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"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."

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"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

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"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."

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