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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.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.
It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.
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.
Make sure you want it enough.
Make sure you want it enough.
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.
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.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.