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Philosophical literature3 quotes
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651It 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 sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. — Aristotle · 350 BCPeople of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BCReligious literature3 quotes
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth. — Song of Solomon 3:1 · 965 BCWhen in recollection he withdraws all his senses from the attractions of the pleasures of sense, even as a tortoise withdraws all his limbs, then his is a serene wisdom. — Bhagavad Gita · 200 BCPeople of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BCPolitical literature2 quotes
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651It 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 sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. — Aristotle · 350 BCAction1 quote
To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. — Mouse · 1999Action (film)1 quote
To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. — Mouse · 1999Biography1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchComedy (play)1 quote
Can one desire too much of a good thing? — William Shakespeare · 1616Historical literature1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchHistory (play)1 quote
Thy wish was father…to that thought. — William Shakespeare · 1597Modernist literature1 quote
I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world. — James Joyce · 1915Science fiction1 quote
To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. — Mouse · 1999Science fiction (film)1 quote
To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. — Mouse · 1999Travel writing1 quote
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain · 1897