“Upon the whole, a contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 574 (30 July 1714).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
“Blessed are those eyes that have seen more water than any man!
Blessed be that haughty mind that aimed at the greatest hope!”
Voice of the Nile, from Odysseus' story, Book VIII, line 1290
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
Context: Blessed are those eyes that have seen more water than any man!
Blessed be that haughty mind that aimed at the greatest hope!
May you be blessed who row the current your life long
and now with dry unfreshened lips descend to Hades
to find the hidden deathless springs and slake your thirst!
My son, it's death who keeps and pours the deathless waters.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
To the 1864 general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as quoted in Abraham Lincoln : A History Vol. 6 (1890) by John George Nicolay and John Hay, Ch. 15, p. 324
1860s
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
Acts 20:35b
New Testament, Acts of the Apostles
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Second Reply to Hayne (1830)