C17 from Latin desiderare- desiderate verb- to feel the lack of or need for; long for; miss
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons. .. from Max Ehrmann's Desiderata
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