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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.
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.
A want becomes a have with time.
A want becomes a have with time.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
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.
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.
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.
