The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires,
is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
-- Jonathan Swift
is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
-- Jonathan Swift
Related:
- We are so fond of each other because our ailments are the same.
Jonathan Swift (1667... - We demand source because we've been burned too much by its lack,
not because we have this desire to add custom hacks... - Our souls sit close and silently within,
And their own web from their own entrails spin;
And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That... - One principle object of good-breeding is to suit our behavior to the
three several degrees of men-
our superiors, our equals, and those below us. --... - Our necessities are few but our wants are
endless..... - Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.
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Anon... - They come over here and they take all our land.
They chop off our heads and they boil them in oil.
Our children are leaving and we have no heads -- ... - A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
Francesco... - We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death,
and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and...
