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All our murmurings are so many arrows shot at God Himself, and they will return upon our own hearts; they reach not Him, but they will hit us; they hurt not Him, but they will wound us; therefore it is better to be mute than to murmur; it is dangerous to provoke a consuming fire. - James H. Aughey We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. - Bishop George Berkeley Complaint is. more contemptible than pitiful. - Christian Nestell Bovee It is a general error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. - Edmund Burke I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint, and the cowardly feeble resolve. - Robert Burns Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it. - Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain. - Ronald Firbank Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. - Benjamin Franklin I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Every one must see daily instances of people who complain from a mere habit of complaining. - Richard Graves, the Younger To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. - Eric Hoffer The usual fortune for complaint is to excite contempt more than pity. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him. - Jean de la Fontaine To tell thy mis'ries will no comfort breed; Men help thee most, that think thou hast no need; But if the world once thy misfortunes know, Thou soon shall lose a friend and find a foe. - Thomas Randolph We are too prone to find fault; let us look for some of the perfections. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller We lose the right of complaining sometimes by forbearing it; but we often treble the force. - Laurence Sterne Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives. - Jonathan Swift This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction. - Henry David Thoreau
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