“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
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“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”
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“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
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