Famous quotes containing the word desires:
“Too many desires harm the mind; to desire much money harms the body.”
—Chinese proverb.
“There is not the woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for any one who does so eat her bread places herself in the power of the person from whom she takes it.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.”
—Vegetius (c. 4th century)