1. repine - Noun
2. repine - Verb
Vexation; mortification.
To fail; to wane.
To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe true disciple of philosophy is likely to be misunderstood by other men; they do not perceive that he is ever pursuing death and dying; and if this is true, why, having had the desire of death all his life long, should he repine at that which he has always been pursuing and desiring? Socrates
Great Carthage low in ashes cold doth lie, Her ruins poor the herbs in height scant pass, So cities fall, so perish kingdoms high, Their pride and pomp lies hid in sand and grass: Then why should mortal man repine to die, Whose life, is air; breath, wind; and body, glass? Torquato Tasso
I do not repine. We have shared the incommunicable experience of war; we have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The first occasion offered quickly take, lest thou repine at what thou didst forsake. Dutch Proverb