 It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other...  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 370edited by - 1861Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 pages
...but only because he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied, better...it is because they only know their own side of the i John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, p. 17. question."i To this we subscribe. He who is not dissatisfied... | |
 | English periodicals - 1863 - 532 pages
...or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than ' they are with theirs. It is better " to be a human being dissatisfied than " a pig satisfied ;...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.... | |
 | Religion - 1864 - 524 pages
...but only because he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better...other party to the comparison knows both sides."' In language still more beautiful, and still more unlike the vulgar selfishness which often passes by... | |
 | Bible - 1864 - 524 pages
...but only hecause he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better...opinion, it is because they only know their own side of tbe question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides. "T In language still more beautiful,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1864 - 406 pages
...only because he feels not at all the good .which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied, than a pig satisfied ; better...the fool or the pig are of a different opinion, it if because they only know their own side of the question. The other party to the comparison knows both... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...but only because he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better...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... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 pages
...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, it is because...The other party to the comparison knows both sides. From this verdict of the only competent judges, I apprehend there is no appeal. On a question, which... | |
 | 1879 - 736 pages
...deigns to count the lower pleasures as worth putting in the scale : it is better, he thinks, to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied : better...to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. If the pig or the fool is of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...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, it is because...The other party to the comparison knows both sides. From this verdict of the only competent judges, I apprehend there is no appeal. On a question, which... | |
 | Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...satisfied ; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool and the pig are ot a different opinion, it is because they only know...The other party to the comparison knows both sides. From this verdict of the only competent judges, I apprehend there is no appeal. On a question, which... | |
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