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The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.
Conquest
George Eliot

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A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.
Self-love
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.
Friends and Friendship
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Perfection
Epictetus

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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Happiness
Epicurus

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Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.
Poetry and Poets
George Farquhar

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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Fashion
Henry Fielding

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If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
Desire
Benjamin Franklin

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It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Desire
Benjamin Franklin

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Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
Love
Robert Frost

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If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.
Greed
Thomas Fuller

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The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
Wisdom
Ibn Gabirol

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Image creates desire. You will what you imagine.
Imagination
J. G. Gallimore

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Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly.
Love
Louis Ginsberg

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Have the courage of your desire.
Courage
George Robert Gissing

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While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
Desire
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
Desire
Oliver Goldsmith

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When desire dies, fear is born.
Desire
Baltasar Gracian

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A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles.
Obstacles
Gunderson

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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Alexander Hamilton

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Your people, sir, is nothing but a great beast!
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Alexander Hamilton

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In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.
Peace
Ben Hecht

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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Freedom
Frank Herbert

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Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things.
Power
Napoleon Hill

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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Peace
Napoleon Hill

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