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As John Stuart Mill famously wrote, "it is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied". h
by ionfish 17y ago
As John Stuart Mill famously wrote, "it is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied".
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11224/11224-h/11224-h.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11224/11224-h/11224-h.htm
- mixmax 17y agoActually I would say it's the other way around.
- teeja 17y agosearched google for: "it's better to be" + quotes e.g. Matt Damon: It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Marilyn Monroe: 'It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.' Mae West: It's better to be looked over than overlooked. Steve Jobs: It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.
- risa 17y ago"Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer." - em forster