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We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds
No one can have all he desires
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods
The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands
Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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