Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.
Desire Quotes
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp – or what’s a heaven for?
We grow weary of those things (and perhaps soonest) which we most desire.
There’s more glory in subduing our wild desires, than an embattl’d foe.
The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.
