My tragic view of life... leads me to have little patience with the chronic complaining I hear in modern society read more

My tragic view of life... leads me to have little patience with the chronic complaining I hear in modern society from people who have so much yet act as if life and society have conspired to oppress them.

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

I believe in grumbling it is the politest form of fighting known.

I believe in grumbling it is the politest form of fighting known.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and read more

We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness than we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware.

Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.

Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.