#discontent

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

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We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#more #never #others #ourselves #than

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#discontent #makes #men #poor #rich

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it? ↗

— Bob Geldof

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Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate. ↗

— Louis XIV

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As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

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The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better. ↗

— Shimon Peres

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The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent. ↗

— William Watson

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The discontented man finds no easy chair. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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