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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious. ↗

— Francesca Annis

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. ↗

— Aristophanes

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. ↗

— Aristotle

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All men by nature desire knowledge. ↗

— Aristotle

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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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