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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

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

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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. – Oscar Wilde

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With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized. – Oscar Wilde

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He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals. – Oscar Wilde

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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. – Jos

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Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow. – Henry H. Haskins

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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. – Benjamin Franklin

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Let thy discontents be thy secrets. – Benjamin Franklin

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