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"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."
"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."
"Are deepest desires are: someone to understand us, someone to appreciate us, someone to inspire us, and someone to enjoy what we are."
Explore more quotes by Tacitus
"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all."
"To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace."
"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."
"Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."
"Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."
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