#desires

Let him who desires peace prepare for war. ↗

— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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Our desires are guided by what we believe to be good or bad; our beliefs are directed by our knowledge; our knowledge, in turn, is again a manipulation of our desires. Our Will, during this inexorable revolution, serves as the force, increasing, decreasing, or at worst, maintaining the pace. ↗

— Raheel Farooq

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Himself an ugly man, insignificant of appearance, he prized very highly comeliness in others. ↗

— Somerset Maugham

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Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

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To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears. ↗

— John Foster

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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ↗

— Socrates

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Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities. ↗

— Robert South

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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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