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Anatole France
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
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Benjamin Franklin
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.
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Don Marquis
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.
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Henry Fielding
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Jonathan Swift
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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Latin Proverb
I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.
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Logan Pearsall Smith
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.
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Socrates
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
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Yiddish Proverb
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
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