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“There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.” George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman” - 1903

“If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.” Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina” - 1877

“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere's Fan” - 1893

“when the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.” Oscar Wilde, “An Ideal Husband” - 1895

“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” Ernest Hemingway, “The Old Man and the Sea” - 1952

“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” - 16 October 1847

“For the egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.” George Eliot, “Middlemarch” - 1872

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” C. S. Lewis, “Mere Christianity” - 1952

“There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.” Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet” - 1887

“The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.” Bertrand Russell, “The Conquest of Happiness” - 1930

“The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties, and the fullest realisation of the world in which we live.” Bertrand Russell, “The Conquest of Happiness” - 1930

“No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and, however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once for all, to get used to it, and to proceed to build your life in accordance with it.” Bertrand Russell, “The Conquest of Happiness” - 1930

“As a day well spent procures a happy sleep, so a life well employed procures a happy death.” Leonardo da Vinci, “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci” - 1478 – 1519

“For just as faith teaches us that the supreme felicity of the other life consists only in this contemplation of the Divine Majesty, so we continue to learn by experience that a similar meditation, though incomparably less perfect, causes us to...” René Descartes, “Meditations on First Philosophy” - 1641

“I'm too happy; and yet I'm not happy enough. My soul's bliss kills my body, but does not satisfy itself.” Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights” - 1847

“Besides this, one cannot by fair dealing, and without injury to others, satisfy the nobles, but you can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire...” Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” - 1532

“You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

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