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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.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
Make sure you want it enough.
Make sure you want it enough.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
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.
