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"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."
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"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."
"Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural."
"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."
"I had always believed, and not only out of cynicism, that a man and a woman could tell in the first ten minutes whether they wanted to go to bed together; and that the time that passed after those first ten minutes represented a tax, which might be worth paying if the article promised to be really enjoyable, but which nine times out of ten became rapidly excessive."
"I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes."
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"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."
"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."
"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."
"If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves."
"We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done."
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