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Content is to the mind like moss to a tree it bindeth it up so as to stop its growth.

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

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Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
Age: 54 †
Born: 1661
Born: April 16
Died: 1715
Died: May 19
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Mind
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Moss
Contentment
Content
Growth
Tree

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He that spareth in everything is an inexcusable niggard. He that spareth in nothing is an inexcusable madman. The mean is to spare in what is least necessary, and to lay out more liberally in what is most required in our several circumstances.
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax