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Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
Age and Aging
Jonathan Swift

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Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.
Friends and Friendship
Jonathan Swift

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Boredom: the desire for desires.
Bores and Boredom
Count Leo Tolstoy

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Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity desires the esteem of others.
Pride
Source Unknown

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We accomplish things by directing our desires, not by ignoring them.
Desire
Source Unknown

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Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
Arms Race
Vegetius

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You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires.
Purpose
Marcia Wieder

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A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
Sentiment
Oscar Wilde

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun