Ovid Quotes, Ideas Quotes, Desire Quotes

He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.

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When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of good in that thing; but the presence of evil, which makes a thing evil, takes away the desire and friendship of the good; for that which was once both good and evil has now become evil only, and the good has no friendship with evil.

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A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.

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Science rushes headlong, without selectivity, without "taste," at whatever is knowable, in the blind desire to know all at any cost.

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Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.

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Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience.

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Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.

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However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

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The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better.".

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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

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I understood . . . that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own.

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The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.

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Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are.

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I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.

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There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

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children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly kites, or when seriously wronged to emit prolonged screams for several minutes.

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So proud she was to die It made us all ashamed That what we cherished, so unknown To her desire seemed. So satisfied to go Where none of us should be, Immediately, that anguish stooped Almost to jealousy.

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life is long between the desire and the spasm.

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The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.

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The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

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