Famous quotes containing the word desires:
“Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.”
—Vegetius (c. 4th century)
“Here may we prove the pow’r of pray’r,
To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heav’n before our eyes.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)