Remedies against discontentme[n]t : drawen into seuerall discourses, from the writinges of auncient philosophers (1596)
Anonymus, fl. 1596 · London : Printed [by Thomas Purfoot] for Rafe Blower · leaf 52
lneuer liue contented, yf ac-cording to reafon, & nature, you fhall ne-uer haue want, O how quietly and peace-ably doth the humble man liue. whota^ ketfe Difcontentment, £cth no great care for his prouifion* Sure-ly e euen in thofe brute beailes which weebring vp> we hate fuch as are… … OfProiperitic. Hen fortune fmileth vpon v?9 and that all thinges (as wee faie) fall out according to ourwifhe, then is the time when we ought mofl of all | to looke vntoour felues, to bridell our a£ fe&ions, and watch to frame ouraclions by the rule of reafon ♦ For aduerfitie doth induce euen…
Conduct of life
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