"He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another."

Aesop on Discontent
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"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."

Camus, Albert on Discontent
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"Discontent is the first necessity of progress."

Edison, Thomas A. on Discontent
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"The discontented man finds no easy chair."

Franklin, Benjamin on Discontent
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"Let thy discontents be thy secrets."

Franklin, Benjamin on Discontent
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"All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse."

Franklin, Benjamin on Discontent
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"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."

Gasset, Jose Ortega Y on Discontent
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"Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow."

Haskins, Henry H. on Discontent
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"Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment."

Herrick, Robert on Discontent
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"The greatest weariness comes from work not done."

Hoffer, Eric on Discontent
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"Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things."

Proverb, Chinese on Discontent
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"If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress."

Rockerfeller, David on Discontent
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"That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others."

Thomson, James on Discontent
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"Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there"

Vaughan, Henry on Discontent
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"The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs."

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler on Discontent
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"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."

Wilde, Oscar on Discontent
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