Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.
Desire Quotes
Desire is the very essence of man.
The desires of mankind are much more numerous than their attainments, and the capacity of imagination much larger than actual enjoyment. Multitudes are therefore unsatisfied with their allotment.
There is nothing like desire for preventing the thing one says from bearing any resemblance to what one has in one’s mind.
An aspiration is a joy for ever, a possession as solid as a landed estate.
It is very common for us to desire most what we are least qualified to obtain.
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it was intolerable becomes unimportant. We have not managed to surmount the obstacle, as were absolutely determined to do, but life has taken us around it, led us past it, and […]
Man wants but little; nor that little, long.
Two things only the people anxiously desire – bread and circuses.
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
