 | 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 - 1864 - 406 pages
...they are at all bearable ; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of the imperfections, but only because he feels not at all...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 - 1864 - 108 pages
...they are at all bearable; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of the imperfections, but only because he feels not at all...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... | |
 | 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
...hardly 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...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 - 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,... | |
 | Henry Attwell - 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,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1871 - 136 pages
...they are at all bearable ; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious' of the imperfections, but only because he feels not at all...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... | |
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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. 
