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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.
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
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.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.
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 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.
A want becomes a have with time.
A want becomes a have with time.
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.