“No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect.”

— Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières

Nul n'est content de sa fortune;
Ni mécontent de son esprit.
from Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 690

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