Desire Quotes

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.

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

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.

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)

You know, sometimes a man just can’t satisfy all of a woman’s desires. Which is why God invented dental floss.

No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul. (Proverbs 13:19)