#discontented

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better. ↗

— Florence Nightingale

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It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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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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Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

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I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. ↗

— John Muir

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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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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 discontented man finds no easy chair. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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