Desire Quotes

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.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that’s to get rid of all my other desires.

A man’s desire is for the woman, but the woman’s desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.