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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
