"There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable."

Desire, Charm, Forbidden

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"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Desire, Politeness

"I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Desire, Limitation, Experience, Learning

"The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Desire, Imperfection, Man

"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Desire, Sadness

"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Desire, Spiritual, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"Look into your heart- and go after what you really want."

Sophie Kinsella, British Author

Desire, Observation, Truth, Wisdom

"You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Desire, Greed, Immortality, Life

"If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Desire, Joy, Power, Peace

"Before strongly desiring anything we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Desire, Reflection, Happiness, Observation

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"Yes - en I's rich now, come to look at it. I owns myself, en I's wuth eight hund'd dollars. I wisht I had de money, I wouldn' want no mo'."

Wealth, Money, Self, Values

"The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day."

Metaphor, Water, Language, Secrets, Story

"A proof once established is better left so."

Truth, Proof, Logic, Knowledge

"That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain't no disgrace."

Morality, Consequence, Disgrace, Behavior

"Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain."

Religion, Heaven, Merit, Man, Malice

"I can live for two months on a good compliment."

Positive, Compliment, Months

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"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

"The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired."

"It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite."

"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."

"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."

"Look into your heart- and go after what you really want."

"You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever."

"If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them."

"Before strongly desiring anything we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner."

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"Yes - en I's rich now, come to look at it. I owns myself, en I's wuth eight hund'd dollars. I wisht I had de money, I wouldn' want no mo'."

"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."

"Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination."

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"Put all thine eggs in one basket and - watch that basket."

"A proof once established is better left so."

"That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain't no disgrace."

"Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain."

"I can live for two months on a good compliment."