#desire

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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All that spirits desire, spirits attain. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. ↗

— William Godwin

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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself. ↗

— William Godwin

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Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

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Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax. ↗

— Eva Green

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It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves. ↗

— William Gurnall

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Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other. ↗

— Edward Hall

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