The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
A child needs your love the most when he deserves it least.
I don’t deserve to be happy.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.