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Appetite7 quotes
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. — Democritus · 370 BCAppetite comes with eating. — Francois Rabelais · 1534A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain · 1897How 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. — PlutarchHe was a man
Of an unbounded stomach. — William Shakespeare · 1613Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite
Makes eating a delight. — Sir John Suckling · 1641All 7 quotes →Desire2 quotes
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain · 1897How 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. — PlutarchExcess2 quotes
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. — Democritus · 370 BCA human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain · 1897Human nature2 quotes
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain · 1897Subdue your appetites my dears, and you've conquered human nature. — Charles Dickens · 1838Contentment1 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. — PlutarchFreedom1 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. — PlutarchHunger1 quote
Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite
Makes eating a delight. — Sir John Suckling · 1641Man and animals1 quote
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. — Democritus · 370 BCSelf-control1 quote
Subdue your appetites my dears, and you've conquered human nature. — Charles Dickens · 1838Stoicism1 quote
Subdue your appetites my dears, and you've conquered human nature. — Charles Dickens · 1838Wealth1 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. — Plutarch