 | New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 pages
...constituted is imperfect. But he can learn to bear its imperfections if they are at all bearable, and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of these imperfections, but only because he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify.... | |
 | English periodicals - 1863 - 532 pages
...that the fool, or dunce, or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than ' they are with theirs. It is better " to be a human being dissatisfied than...dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And, " if the fool and»the pig are of a different ' opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...constituted, is imperfect. But he can learn to bear its imperfections, if they are at all bearable; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious...than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party... | |
 | Bible - 1864 - 524 pages
...constituted, is imperfect. But he can learn to hear its imperfections, if they are at all bearable ; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of the imperfections, but only hecause he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1864 - 206 pages
...that there are other desirable ends ; not only so, but that there are higher ends. Mr M. allows that " it is better to be a human being dissatisfied, than a pig satisfied ; better be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied " (p. 14). This shows that there are other qualities... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1864 - 502 pages
...knows the compensations which Divine mercy has given for intelligence to the beast and the born fool. " It is better to be a human being dissatisfied, than a pig satisfied," (p. 14.) We may believe it with Mr. Mill ; but, Why is it better? A man dissatisfied is so far in want... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 pages
...persuaded that the fool, or dunce or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they with theirs. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool and the pig are of a different opinion,... | |
 | 1879 - 736 pages
...pitched most highly ? But Mill goes on : "They (that is, the imperfections of life or happiness ?) will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of the imperfections, but only because '-e feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied,... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...persuaded that the fool, or dunce or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they with theirs. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool and the pig are ot a different opinion,... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...persuaded that the fool, or dunce or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they with theirs. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool and the pig are of a different opinion,... | |
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It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. 
