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  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)...
• Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
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• The desire of one man to live on the fruits of another's labor is the original sin of the world.
  James O'Brien (1805-1864)...
• Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity makes us desire the esteem of others.
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• Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.
  From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire....
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• Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.
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