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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
— Oscar Wilde
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
— Socrates
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Me, I want what's coming to me. The world, chico, and everything in it.
— Tony Montana
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Desire is the very essence of man.
— Baruch Spinoza
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He who is too well off is always longing for something new.
— Brothers Grimm
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Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
— Christopher Marlowe
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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
— Christopher Marlowe
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I beseech you now with all my heart definitely to let me know your whole mind as to the love between us.
— Henry VIII
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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
— George Bernard Shaw
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The starting point of all achievement is desire.
— Napoleon Hill
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from Think and Grow Rich
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
— Epicurus
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from Letters on Ethics
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
— Epicurus
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from Letters on Ethics
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