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Discontent: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed, and the boldest staggered.— BURKE — Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. Vol. I. P. 516.

Whoe'er was edified, themselves were not.— COWPER — The Task. Bk. II. The Time Piece. L. 444.

Curtæ nescio quid semper abest rei. Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune.— HORACE — Carmina. III. 24. 64.

Qui fit, Mæcenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem, Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, illâ Contentus vivat? laudet diversa sequentes. How does it happen, Mæcenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance has thrown in his way, but praises those who follow a different course? S.— HORACE — Satiræ. I. 1. 1.

Æstuat infelix angusto limite mundi. Unhappy man! He frets at the narrow limits of the world.— JUVENAL — Satira. X. 168.