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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

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People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

Epictetus Philosopher

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

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Only the educated are free.

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Silence is safer than speech.

Epictetus Philosopher

To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship. [Lat., Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est.]

Sallust Politician

I am suspicious without a motive, and jealous without love; although I feel I ought to love since I desire to be loved.

George Henry Lewes Philosopher

I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters.

Minimaks

Incline us oh God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which we would desire from them ourselves.

Jane Austen Novelist

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order.

William E. Gladstone Former Chancellor Of The Exchequer

What's exciting about the Bay Area, is that people are not waiting for permission from the industry to make movies - unlike Los Angeles or New York, where you can get stuck into that desire of raising a big budget, or working with the studios.

Matthew Jacobs Film Director

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