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There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.~ George Bernard Shaw
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.
All human activity is prompted by desire.~ Bertrand Russell
All human activity is prompted by desire.
While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow. ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.~ Joseph Wood Krutch
What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.~ Christian Nestell Bovee
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
Desire is the essence of a man.~ Benedict Spinoza
Desire is the essence of a man.
