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All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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The designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, drop them off at the wrong house. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

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The most desirable aspects of the Law of the Sea Treaty pertain to navigational rights. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

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The reclamation scheme is both feasible and desirable. ↗

— James Gadsden

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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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The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. ↗

— Neville Marriner

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