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Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.
Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.
Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.
Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.
If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.
If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.
Discontent is the seed of ethics
Discontent is the seed of ethics
Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common--discontent.
One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common--discontent.
I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been read more
I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor.