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The keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.
If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to read more
The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to do I can't, And what I have to do I hate.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we read more
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
A want becomes a have with time.
A want becomes a have with time.
