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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part o

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. – Samuel Butler

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We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. – William Shakespeare

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The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. – Thomas Love Peacock

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