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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.
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.
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.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
A want becomes a have with time.
A want becomes a have with time.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
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.
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.
