#sought

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ↗

— Margaret Oliphant

#general #general rule #rule #sought #temptations

Heal me? You’re trying to heal me by rubbing your…by rubbing against me?” Kat didn’t even try to keep the skepticism out of her voice. “Yeah, right. ↗

— Evangeline Anderson

#love #sexual-healing #sought #love

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#big #consider #country #cultural #dominate

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ↗

— Matsuo Basho

#footsteps #seek #sought #wise

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#complex #foundations #freedom #his way #i

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#cooperation #effective #instrument #international #international cooperation

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#ardor #attained #chance #diligence #learning

Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level. ↗

— Francis Arinze

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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. ↗

— Matsuo Basho

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