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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination. ↗

— Maimonides

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You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one. ↗

— John Malkovich

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Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. ↗

— Dennis Ross

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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. ↗

— Andre Maurois

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I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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