The desire of a man for a woman is not directed at her because she is a hunan being, but because she is a woman. That she is a human being is of no concern to him.
Desire Quotes
I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. (Proverbs 8:11)
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.
It is easier to suppress the first desire; than to satisfy all that follow it.
We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.
If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sorts of natures not to desire more, and the prevent the lower from getting more.
Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.
