Grass is always greener

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Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton

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The road not taken Grass is always greener Counterfactual history

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Burnt Norton Four Quartets

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 1.

He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Grass is always greener Seeking happiness Seeking Foolishness

Author

Plutarch

Source

On Talkativeness Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

2nd century BC

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Plutarch. "Περὶ ἀδολεσχίας [On Talkativeness]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

He's always attracted by the art he isn't practicing, the place he hasn't been, the girl he hasn't met.

An Affair to Remember

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Grass is always greener Dissatisfaction

Speaker

Grandmother Janou

Actor

Cathleen Nesbitt

Source

An Affair to Remember

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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An Affair to Remember. Directed by Leo McCarey, Jerry Wald Productions, 1957.

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things around you
What more is you lookin' for?
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darlin', it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea!

The Little Mermaid

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Grass is always greener Bloom where you're planted

Speaker

Sebastian

Actor

Samuel E. Wright

Source

The Little Mermaid

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

"Under the Sea." The Little Mermaid. Directed by Rob Clements and John Musker, performed by Samuel E. Wright, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation/Silver Scrreen Partners IV, 1989.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

John Burroughs

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Grass is always greener Bloom where you're planted Opportunities

Author

John Burroughs

Source

The Divine Soil The Atlantic

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Divine Soil." The Atlantic, Apr. 1908.

They think that I can make friends if we move. Just move, everything will be roses and sunshine.

Rebel Without a Cause

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Grass is always greener Change of scenery

Speaker

Jim Stark

Actor

James Dean

Source

Rebel Without a Cause

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Rebel Without a Cause. Directed by Nicholas Ray, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1955.