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Michelangelo

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Hope

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Michelangelo is expressing a wish to maintain ambitions that exceed his current abilities, so he is constantly driven to grow and improve. This means he values having goals that challenge him beyond what he can immediately achieve.

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