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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to read more
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
From the sphere of our sorrow.
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.
Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.
More than we use is more than we want.
More than we use is more than we want.
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
[Lat., Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peti.]
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
[Lat., Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peti.]
Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the
plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes read more
Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the
plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man.
Had doting Priam checked his son's desire,
Troy had been bright with fame, and not with fire.
Had doting Priam checked his son's desire,
Troy had been bright with fame, and not with fire.
