Quote by Samuel Butler
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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To live is like to love — all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. – Samuel Butler

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Every day you waste is one you can never make up. – George Allen

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

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I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad. – Terence

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