Monday, March 21, 2011

"A man who finds no satisfaction in himself will seek for it in vain elsewhere." -La Rochefoucauld

What does this quote mean? Put it in your own words, then give an example of it?

48 comments:

randy said...

I think this quote means that if a man doesn't find happiness in himself he will look for his happiness in himself in vain in somewhere else.EX:My mother wants to surprise my cousin,but when she is going to surprise my cousin she find out she is not satisfied in herself then minutes later my mother sister make my mother happy now my mother is happy because she found her happiness somewhere else.

Randy Ramirez 272

Unknown said...

i think that this quote mean that if you dont find happiness in your self you will never find it any were else.

Unknown said...

ARNOLD RAMBALLY
270

Anonymous said...

I think that this quote means that a man cannot find happiness in himself he can only find happiness somewhere else. Foe example,if a man goes and find a job that he really wanted and was not happy then something that he really wanted wasnt't something that he needed. But if he finds a job that he doesn't like bot when he gets the job and hes happy therefore something that want and what you need are two entire different things.
Kemari best 271

Shawn Alexis said...

I think that because if you feel ok with yourself you will go all around the world and try to find happiness in places that wouldn't really be a place that you would not find any enjoyment in if you did feel good about yourself

Justin "The Joker" Delerme said...

I think this quote means if you are a person who can not find something they like in them themselves they will look for it in someone else. Meaning if you don't like anything in yourself you will compare everyone you see to yourself finding things you like in them.

Anonymous said...

i think this quote means that if a man doesn't find happiness in himself he will lok for his happiness somewhere else.


Mathew Pearson

angelelan98 said...

I think that this qoute means that if u cant find happiness within himself then he will li\ook for it somewhere else. EXAMPLE ; If your watchinq a show that you dont enjoy you change the channel.

Elan mcginty 271

Anonymous said...

i think this quote means if a man doesnt find anything he likes about himself or happiness in himself he would try to find it in it anybody he knows.


Example: If a young child doesnt find happiness in themself or like anything about themself or think they are not good enough they would grow up with low self itstem....

Fionaa larrmondD
271

Unknown said...

i think that this quote means that a man that doesnt find everything that he wants in himself,he will look for it in someone else by putting them down.For Example:if someone has a pair of sneakers and another person doesnt, the person who doesnt have might say something like those sneakers are fake, or they only cost 20.00 dollars.

Jenning213 said...

I think this qoute means that a person might like themselves but will envy anybody who he belives has it better then himself.

A girl might be jeaolous of other girls in her school because they might look better or have longer hair then she does so she is always going to put herself down. But then again she going to act like she dosent care .

Jenning213 said...

Jenning Ballesteros 271

Unknown said...

i think this quote means that a person needs to seek within himself first love and satisfaction,if not he will probably look for this his whole life,not knowing that all this was in him from the beginning.

Elischa Edouard said...

I think that this quote means that if someone is never happy of themself and they don't beleive in themself they are going to try to look for what is not making them feel good and they are going to look for happyness but the happyness is right there in him and trying to do it's job but without it's confidance they are never going to find their happyness.
Elischa Edouard 272

Elischa Edouard said...

Like if a person is trying to get someone imprtant to them a Christmas gift but everythig seems wrong but really is not.Ife this person does not beleive that it's the thought that counts and that it does not have to be perfect maybe Christmas day could pass and this person never got to buy a gift and now instead of something that was imperfect there will be nothing.
Elischa Edouard 272

Anonymous said...

i think this quote means a man has a type of problem with himself so he would put down another persons feelings so he can feel happy about himself


EX: there's a bully and that bully always want's to make a person feel bad about them selfs because that bully is not satisfide with how they look so in order to them to make them self feel better they put others down

Unknown said...

I think this quote means that if you can't find anything your good at or some thing that makes you happy,you will seek for it somewhere else.

Unknown said...

Alphaoumar Diallo 270

Anonymous said...

I think this quote means when someone is not proud of what he is he would be looking forward of being satisfied with others who is proud of there self. -Joseph- 270

Aliyah Patterson said...

I think that this quote means when a man does not find talent or happiness within himself then he will try to be like someone else. For example, when a person is constantly told they are a lame or they have no personality, then thy will try to be like a popular person to try to fit in .


- Aliyah Patterson 271

taiyabarnes said...

I think this quote means that if a man doesn't find happiness within his self than he would try to find it elsewhere to be happy.

Taiya Barnes 272

Anonymous said...

i think this quote means that if a man cant find joy in his life, he will try to look for it someplace else.Ex: if he's not happy he'll try his best to not make someone else unhappy.

Anonymous said...

In my own words, I think this quote means that if someone is not happy about him or herself, and he/she see that she don't have what this person has, he will try to find and seek happiness somewhere else and try to get what that person has; they are jealous of what they have already. For example, if you see somebody in school wearing the new jacket that is now in style and you don't have it, she will try to copy her to act the same way.
-Jade Compton 271

MKStheBest said...

"If someone does not feel satisfied with themselves they will go to anyone in mind to make them feel bad and satisfy themselves."

The quote means that people don't feel satisfied with themselves all of the time so they go to other people and put them down so they can feel good about themselves.

Example:Someone is feeling pretty good, but another person is feeling really bad and the person that feels bad goes up to the other person and then makes a joke about him so he himself can laugh.

Anonymous said...

I think that this quote means if someone don't like hisself, or something in him, he will try to make someone feel the same way he does. This can happen when a girl might not find someone pretty, she would call other people ugly so they could feel bad.
Megane A. Nacier 272

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Anonymous said...

I think this quote means that if a man dont find anything im portant to him that will get him somewhere in life he gose to his looks. He will think his looks from the outside will get him anywhere. That is what he thinks but in reality it dont work like that. In my own words this quote means that if a guy dont do anything it gets them no where. This goes with woman too. They would put there looks in front of them because that is all they have and know.
For example: A man or women drop out of school when they are 14. They had a child when they were 16. Thay cant go back to school because they have to take care of there baby. 2 years past, the babys parent cannot get a good joob. The parent work at Wendeys now. They dont want to be imbarasse with there past so they act they got everything under control.So They put there looks ahead of them and thier child

paula Dorismond
271

Unknown said...

I think that this quote means that if someone does not find satisfaction with what they have they won't find satisfaction with what they desire to have.

An example of this could be if someone had a regular job and they saw a better job they would quit the regular job for the better job and if they don't get the job they would end up with no job.

Unknown said...

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- Sharee Campbell 271

Unknown said...

I think that this quote means that if a man dont find satisfaction or happiness in his life he would look up and down until he finds it something or someone.

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Anonymous said...

I think this quote means if you are someone who can't find anything they like about their life they will explore places to find happiness

Stanley Ferrus 270

Kim said...

I think this quote means that a man who doesnt find satisfaction in himself, he will search for it somewhere else.
EXAMPLE:
A teenager wants to try out a spanish class in her school. When she tried it out the class she wasnt satisfied with the class. So she stopped taking the class and found happiness in art class.

Kim said...

~Alyson St.Omer 271

Anonymous said...

I think that this quote is saying a man who dont finnd any satifaction or dont feel he is fulfilled in himself will seek it for vain elsewhere.For example lets say i feel that im not satisfied with the way i feel inside like im not satisfied with my sadness then i will try to find happiness in buying a new braclet to make myself feel better.

Joshua Weller said...

this quote mean some that do not believe in his self will not approve of theirself.

Anonymous said...

I think this quote means that if a man doesn't find happiness or pride in himself he will look and find happiness and pride in himself else where.

For EXAMPLE: When a person doesn't fit and is made fun off constantly with the pretty people she/he would look for happiness.She/he finds her happiness by hanging out with the geeks.

:) Shainya Caesar :D
OF 271

Tai said...

I think that if a man is not satisfied with himself he will find satisfaction somewhere else in his life. An example is that my friend is not satisfied with his phone he will find satisfaction else where, like if he gets a new phone.

Tai said...

Tai Smith: 271

Anonymous said...

this means the man without self esteem will try to find it in a place where its not even worth it.

abrigrant said...
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abrigrant said...

I basically think that this quote means if a man doesnt find intrest within himself then he would have the urge to bother somebody with the same problem so that he could feel good and they wont.
For Example if a girl didnt know how to sing then she would find someone who cant sing either and make fun of them so she could boost her self confidence and lower the other the other's.

abrigrant said...

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Unknown said...

This quote means that ifa man doesn't find good or fell good about himself he will find that good or satisfaction in others pain.

An Example is a bully who makes fun of others to make himself feel good.
Brianna Merilus Class 271

CarliValcin said...

I think this quote means that if a man is not satisfied with him self he will go seek for what he is what he does or seek what is the purpose of himm living. He will go seek what he can be proud of himself about.

EXAMPLE:if someone is not proud of there self and want to they will go seek and look for what they are good at.
Carlyanne Valcin
272

Shuffle said...

The quote means that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back and thinking of the cold and danger but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
-Kingsley Samuel