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He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book.

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Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.

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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

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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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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.

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Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.

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There is the unknown and the unknowable which propounds all creation. This we cannot love , we can only accept it as a term of our own limitation and ratification. We can only know that from the unknown, profound desires enter in upon us, and that the fulfilling of these desires is the fulfilling of creation.

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Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?

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We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

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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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There was a desire to see me being nasty and horrible, and of course that's not really me

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The will is infinite and the execution confin'd, the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.

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

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All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.

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The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

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Then is what you see through this window onto the world so lovely that you have no desire whatsoever to look out through any other window, and that you even make an attempt to prevent others from doing so?

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Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature compels him to leave ease... and throw himself into roils and labors.

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It is not for its own sake that men desire money, but for the sake of what they can purchase with it.

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I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

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As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.

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