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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.
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.
Make sure you want it enough.
Make sure you want it enough.
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.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
