"Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire."

Marcus Fabius Quintilian, Roman Philosopher

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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"You have a nice mouth," he says. "I can't stop looking at it.""You should taste it. It's quite lovely."

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Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Need doesn't care about being sensible."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Lust is the blessing of the fruit of the womb."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

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"Our mind has evolved in such a way that new wants keep appearing in it relentlessly. But do not confuse them with needs. Needs are necessity, but wants are luxury."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Success is like the most beautiful woman: pursued by many, loved by all, feared by few, courted by the patient and hardworking, and won over by good judgment."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires: The eyes wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done, to see."

"Are deepest desires are: someone to understand us, someone to appreciate us, someone to inspire us, and someone to enjoy what we are."

"A man desire two things: love and happiness."

"You have a nice mouth," he says. "I can't stop looking at it.""You should taste it. It's quite lovely."

"To have a desire means to have dependency."

"Need doesn't care about being sensible."

"Lust is the blessing of the fruit of the womb."

"Our mind has evolved in such a way that new wants keep appearing in it relentlessly. But do not confuse them with needs. Needs are necessity, but wants are luxury."

"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite."

"Success is like the most beautiful woman: pursued by many, loved by all, feared by few, courted by the patient and hardworking, and won over by good judgment."

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"The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body."

"It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity."

"While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it."

"Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite."

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