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Satisfaction: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Ohe! jam satis est. Now, that's enough.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 5. 12.

Also MARTIAL-Epigrammata. IV. 91. 1. Sed tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet Plus dapis, et rixæ multo minus invidiæque. If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 17. 50.

Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est. There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.— SENECA — Epistolæ Ad Lucilium. VI.

SEA (THE). Mare quidem commune certe est omnibus. The sea is certainly common to all.— PLAUTUS — Rudens. IV. 3. 36.

Est bien fou du cerveau Qui prétend contenter tout le monde et son père. He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.— LA FONTAINE — Fables. III. 1.

Nul n'est content de sa fortune; Ni mécontent de son esprit. No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. DESHOULIÈRES.