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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. ↗

— John Adams

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And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint. ↗

— Algernon H. Blackwood

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To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. ↗

— Sophocles

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The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

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