Jane Austen Quotes, Desire Quotes

She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.

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One of the glories of society is to have created woman where Nature had made only a female; to have created a continuity of desire where Nature thought only of perpetuating the species; and, in fine, to have invented love.

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Lost are we, and are only so far punished, That without hope we live on in desire.

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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

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Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.

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I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.

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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.

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No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things.

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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

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The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.

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It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

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It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.

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The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

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Live so that thou mayest desire to live again - that is thy duty - for in any case thou wilt live again!

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I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.

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Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

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If desires are not uprooted, sorrows grow again in you.

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Sometimes I wonder how much of these debates have to do with the desire, the legitimate desire, for that history to be recognized. Because there is a psychic power to the recognition that is not satisfied with a universal program, it's not satisfied by the Affordable Care Act, or an expansion of Pell grants, or an expansion of the earned-income tax credit.

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Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

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The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

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