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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.
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.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
Make sure you want it enough.
Make sure you want it enough.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
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.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
