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“Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.”

Men Would Be Desire Strong Danger Fame Losing Difficulty Pursuit Vain Sufficient Very Strong Obtaining

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“The desire to maximize the number of winning trades (or minimize the number of losing trades) works against the trader. The success rate of trades is the least important performance statistic and may even be inversely related to performance.”

May Important Success Desire Winning Numbers Losing Performances Trade Rate Related Trading Key To Success Recipe For Success Traders Maximizing Minimizing

Author:William Eckhardt

“a caring that gains only when losing; an obsessed desire to be bound, for love , in jail ; a capitulation to the one you've conquered yourself; a devotion to your own assassin every single day.”

Desire Losing Gains Bounds Caring Devotion Obsessed Jail Assassins Capitulation

Book:Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition

Source: Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition

“When you allow desire, anger and frustration to dominate you, you are losing power.”

Desire Losing Frustration Mysticism Losing Power Anger And Frustration

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Vision connects you. But it also separates you. In my work, and my life, I feel a desire to merge. Not in terms of losing my own identity... but theres a feeling that life is interconnected, that theres life in stones and rocks and trees and dirt, like there is in us.”

Feels Feelings Life Is Desire Term My Own Vision Tree Rocks Identity Losing Stones Dirt Interconnected

Author:Bill Viola

“Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways thatgive their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents' love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We're afraid we'll lose the love of our children when we don't let them have their way.”

Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor

“A man of limited desire will always have less or perhaps nothing to worry and sensibly no fear of losing anything or everything in life.”

Men Desire Worry Losing No Fear

Author:Anuj

“. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire, we are only so much the nearer losing it; and when at a distance from it, we live in expectation of enjoying it again.”

Pain Life Is Desire Evil Enjoy Pleasure Losing Expectations Distance Possession This Life Good And Evil Perpetual Pain And Pleasure

Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne