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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.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
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.
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.
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.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
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.
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead read more
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.