Quotes about desire
desire polite treated
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
desire should miscellaneous
We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.
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We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally.
desire should wanted
There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted.
desire natural appearing
Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
desire intimate
The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.
desire wish want
We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.
desire done riches
The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them.
desire should delusion
Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.
desire quality praise
The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.
desire injury fear-nothing
If you desire to be magnanimous, undertake nothing rashly, and fear nothing thou undertakest; fear nothing but infamy; dare anything but injury; the measure of magnanimity is neither to be rash nor timorous. Francis Quarles
desire tongue ruins
He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to his own tongue.
desire mountain found
She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me. Ian Fleming
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Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire. Horace
desire want enough
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
desire highlight needed quite together work
If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard. Cameron Russell
desire neither nor pleasure victory
I desire neither victory nor pleasure nor kingdom, O Krishna. What is the use of the kingdom, or enjoyment, or even life, O Krishna?
desire except physical
He's got all the physical attributes. He's got all of the desire. He's got everything going for him, except his size.
desire fight heart hurt less proved respect tremendous
He showed tremendous heart in his fight with Lennox Lewis, and he did show desire, ... He proved he was a champion. I really respect this man. I really feel like he can hurt me if I come with any less than my A-plus game. Hasim Rahman
desire full gm large launching size snap
If consumers' desire for large SUVs does not snap back, GM will be launching its new full size SUVs into an unwelcoming market.
desire loyal doe
Show me the woman, however loyal, who does not seek to rouse desire. Honore de Balzac
desire vices desire-to-learn
Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
desire audience
I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience. Harold Ramis
desire excess welfare
This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. Jacques Delors
desire return archives
It is to have a compulsive, repetitive, and nostalgic desire for the archive, an irrepressible desire to return to the origin, a homesickness, a nostalgia for the return to the most archaic place of absolute commencement Jacques Derrida
desire hats looks
Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused. J. R. R. Tolkien
desire bows wells
I have an unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow.
desire comfortable sexual-desire
I've always been comfortable with my sexual desires and what I like. Izabella Scorupco
desire experience gratitude happiness hooked joyful leads meaning mind self temporary thinking wonder
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, ''Joy is not in things, it is in us.''
desire impossible should
We should not desire the impossible. Leonardo da Vinci
desire poor
I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.
desire periods futurist
One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s! Lea Thompson
desire
What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become. Neal A. Maxwell