All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring fr... - Daniel Defoe

This quote is attributed to Daniel Defoe.

"All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have."

Daniel Defoe Gratitude

Novelist Journalist English 1660–1731

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