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479. Ambition; Discontent
"It [the pyramids] seems to have been erected only in
compliance with that hunger of imagination which preys
incessantly upon life, and must be always appeased by some
employment. Those who have already all that they can enjoy must
enlarge their desires. He that has built for use till use is
supplied, must begin to build for vanity, and extend his plan to
the utmost power of human performance, that he may not be soon
reduced to form another wish."
Johnson: Rasselas [Imlac]
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