- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Discontented Quotes
Never quite satisfied, always reaching.
Discontentment shows up here as a very human trait, one that pushes people to reach the moon and then want Mars next. Writers compare this restlessness to trees, which never seem discontented despite being rooted in place. For a lighter counterpoint, see our Be Happy quotes.
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- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
As humans, we're such a discontented species. We're always trying to further ourselves, and you get all the way to the moon, and then it's just discontent. You want to go to Mars.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
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- Nov 07, 2020