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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.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
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.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.
I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.
I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.
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 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.
A want becomes a have with time.
A want becomes a have with time.