Success is counted sweetest Dissatisfaction Quotes

Our speaker-teacher drops the lesson on us right from the get-go. Only the losers in life really know what it means to be a winner. That's a sad paradox. Do you think that explains why we tend to root for the underdog and boo the defending champion?

You can't just kind of want something in order to understand it. You have to desire it in the most profound way possible. "Sorest need" is key, at least in the speaker's estimation. So, at least there's a silver lining to that deep dissatisfaction you might be feeling.

Bully for you, purple Host. You may have won the battle and captured the flag, but you'll never be able to fully understand why that's important. Do you think that dampens their enjoyment of success? Should it?

Dying is pretty dissatisfying. This soldier is paying the ultimate price for losing the battle, but he's also receiving the ultimate reward: a full appreciation of what it means to be victorious. Still, we doubt that this is much in the way of consolation for a dying man.

This is an odd description, but it's a pretty telling one. Line 12 puts "agonized" and "clear" together to remind us that agony is directly linked to understanding. You have to feel the pain before you receive the gain… of understanding and appreciation. Um, good for you?