#discontent

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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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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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

#discontented #easy #finds #man

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. ↗

— Milan Kundera

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The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place. ↗

— George Saunders

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Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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But we disposable women have to be realistic in this life, you know. Else we get itchy and discontented and start contemplating the kitchen knife and wondering whether it wouldn't look nicer between someone's shoulder-blades. ↗

— Jude Morgan

#women #life

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

— Benjamin Franklin

#discontent #makes #men #poor #rich

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#healthy #prelude #progress