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“They that examine into the Nature of Man, abstract from Art and Education, may observe, that what renders him a Sociable Animal, consists not in his desire of Company, Good-nature, Pity, Affability, and other Graces of a fair Outside; but that his vilest and most hateful Qualities are the most necessary Accomplishments to fit him for the largest, and, according to the World, the happiest and most flourishing Societies.”

Men World May Art Desire Animal Quality Company Grace Fit Fairs Pity Accomplishment Abstract Hateful Flourishing Nature Of Man Good Nature Sociable

Book:The Fable of the Bees

Source: The Fable of the Bees

“It has long been my desire to be a little worm in the fair apple of Progress.”

Littles Long Desire Progress Fairs Apples Worms

Author:Sherwood Anderson

“The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration.”

Desire Passion Sex Effects Produce Deserve Fairs Praise Excellent Admiration Vehement

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.”

School Desire Quality Player Honor Authority Fairs Coaches Spectators Respectful Sportsmanship Courteous

Author:Fielding H. Yost

“Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.”

Men Past Young Desire Girl Forever Regret Fairs Young Man Old Man Ecstasy Now And Then Desirable Stirring Slender Ignoble

Author:Anatole France

“O ye whose years unfolding fair Are fresh with youth, and free from care, Should vice and indolence desire The garden of your souls to hire, No parleys hold-reject the suit, Nor let one seed the soil pollute. My child their first approach beware, With firmness break the insidious snare, Lest as the acorns grew and throve Into a sun-encircled grove, Thy sins, a dark o'ershadowing tree Shut out the light of Heaven from thee.”