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Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
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.
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 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.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
