The discipline of desire is the background of character.
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A selected quote by John Locke.
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something
Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad
There's a woman like a dew-drop, she's so purer than the purest
Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me