“Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.”

—  Pierre Corneille , Polyeucte

Le désir s'accroît quand l'effet se recule.
Polyeucte, act I, scene i.
Polyeucte (1642)

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Le désir s'accroît quand l'effet se recule.

Polyeucte (1642)

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