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« on: April 07, 2013, 07:03:19 PM »
In Russian, we have a saying. Хотеть не вредно; вредно не хотеть.
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« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2013, 05:27:46 PM »
Quote from: Χahar on April 08, 2013, 09:08:05 PM
As best as I can make out, it means that wanting is not harmful, but it is harmful not to want.

Yes, literally that's what it means. Idiomatically, it's used to mean 'this person wants something a lot, but he clearly won't be getting it'.
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