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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.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
Make sure you want it enough.
Make sure you want it enough.
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 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.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
