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This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects. ↗

— George Ripley

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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires. ↗

— Petrarch

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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. ↗

— Plato

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NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet. ↗

— Rachael Ray

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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. ↗

— Michelangelo

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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. ↗