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It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.

Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.

Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor.

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common--discontent.

The worlds best progrss springs.

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.