Day 1,757: discontented, bellicose

If China was stagnating and discontented, it could be even more bellicose than if it were thriving.

Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation

Artwork of the day 
The discontented
Ludwig Knaus
Original Title: Le mécontent
Date: 1877
Style: Realism
Genre: genre painting

Word of the day 
discontented: feeling unhappy because you want better treatment or an improved situation:
bellicose :wishing to fight or start a war:

Quote of the day
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.”

― Milan Kundera