Contentment produces in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist
usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if it does not
bring riches, it does the same thing, by banishing the desire of them. If it
cannot remove the disquietudes arising from a man's mind, body, or fortune,
it makes him easy under them.
-- Addison
usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if it does not
bring riches, it does the same thing, by banishing the desire of them. If it
cannot remove the disquietudes arising from a man's mind, body, or fortune,
it makes him easy under them.
-- Addison
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