"It is better to desire the things..." - Quote by Henry Van Dyke
It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.
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“The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.”
“Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fled;For every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led.”
“Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.”
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“Enjoying living was learning to get your money's worth and knowing when you had it.”
“Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.”
“Why go further and further,Look, happiness is right here.Learn how to grab hold of luck,For luck is always there.”
More on Desire
“A lover goes toward his beloved as enthusiastically as a schoolboy leaving his books, but when he leaves his girlfriend, he feels as miserable as the schoolboy on his way to school. (Act 2, scene 2)”
“All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.”
“The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he!”