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"It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." »Plutarch
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"It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off." »Woody Allen
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"I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe." »Abigail Adams
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"For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief." »Sallust
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"What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer." »Bertrand Russell
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"The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen these qualities in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being." »Martha Beck
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"For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity" »Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy." »Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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"'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. ... We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.'" »Charles Dickens
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"Duty without love is deplorable.
Duty with love is desirable.
Love without duty is Divine." »Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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