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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.
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.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
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.
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.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
