a contented mind is a perpetual feast
English
Alternative forms
- a contented mind is a continual feast
Etymology
From a quiet heart is a continual feast, the translation of Proverbs 15, 15 in the Miles Coverdale Bible from 1535:
- All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːst
Proverb
a contented mind is a perpetual feast
- Contentment is more a matter of attitude than circumstances.
- 1826 The House Book, or Family Chronicle of Useful Knowledge, and Cottage Physician: Combining Medicine, Cookery, Diet, General Economy, Health, Sea-bathing, Gardening, Manufactures, Arts, etc., ... Including Upwards of a Thousand Select Recipes and Prescriptions
- It has been observed that "a contented mind is a perpetual feast", and has been remarked, that persons of destitute of ambition and avarice, are peculiarly likely to enjoy long life.
- 1846, Harry Hieover, Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, page 131:
- If they are content with this sort of locomotion, happy are they — "a contented mind is a perpetual feast."
- 1866, E.O. Haven, THE PILLARS OF TRUTH: A Series of SERMONS ON THE DECALOGUE, page 233-234:
- True enjoyment is entirely independent of outward circumstances. It depends upon the proper and harmonious development and action of the mind, and upon a conscious harmony with the will of God ; and those who perhaps seek enjoyment least have it most abundantly. "A contented mind is a perpetual feast."
- 2012, Giovanni Boniolo, The Art of Deliberating, →ISBN:
- Of course, a contented mind is a perpetual feast, and many argue that it is better to live with a bad situation than move to an even worse one.
- 2016, Qingzhou Xu, Materials Engineering and Environmental Science, →ISBN:
- In addition, it includes ecological-friendly concept of consumption which values thrift and moderate development such as “a contented mind is a perpetual feast” and “restraint of desire”.
- 1826 The House Book, or Family Chronicle of Useful Knowledge, and Cottage Physician: Combining Medicine, Cookery, Diet, General Economy, Health, Sea-bathing, Gardening, Manufactures, Arts, etc., ... Including Upwards of a Thousand Select Recipes and Prescriptions
Translations
contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances
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References
- Miles Coverdale Bible (1535), Proverbs 15, 15, taken from StudyLight.org.