Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complain
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.
Complaining is a complete waste of one's energy. Those who complain the most accomplish the least.
That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.
I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society.
They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. Rais...