John Mack Faragher > Quotes

“I often observed to my brother, You see how little nature requires to be satisfied. Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things: And I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatsoever state he is.”
― John Mack Faragher, Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer

“Thus situated, many hundred miles from our families in the howling wilderness, I believe few would have equally enjoyed the happiness we experienced. I often observed to my brother, You see now how little nature requires to be satisfied. Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things: And I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatsoever state he is.”
― John Mack Faragher, Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer

“Le temps mauvais passe quand on mange et s’amuse—Bad times pass when one eats and is merry. On ne fait pas comme on veut, mais comme on peut—One doesn’t do what one wants, but what one can. La moitié du monde se moque de l’autre moitié—Half the world laughs at the other half.”
― John Mack Faragher, A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland