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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.
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.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
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.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
