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It is not from
nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are
chiefly derived.
-- Henry Fielding
1707-1754, British Novelist,
Dramatist
Know what you
want. Become your real self.
-- David Harold Fink
If you desire
many things, many things will seem few.
-- Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American
Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
It is much
easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that
follow.
-- Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American
Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
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The
significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather
what he longs to attain.
-- Kahlil Gibran
1883-1931, Lebanese Poet,
Novelist
While man's
desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
People seek
within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires,
each of which is insatiable.
-- Oliver Goldsmith
1728-1774, Anglo-Irish
Author, Poet, Playwright
When desire
dies, fear is born.
-- Baltasar Gracian
1601-1658, Spanish
Philosopher, Writer
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