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If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead read more
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
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.
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.
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.
