• Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest.

  Francis Quarles
  British poet 1592-1644
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. displeased
2. pleased
3. thyself
4. abidest
5. there

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Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest. by : Francis Quarles

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