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Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
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 keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
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.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
