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Letter "D" » Desire
"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, O God."
Author: Bible
About: Desire
"Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the
plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man."
Author: Henry George
About: Desire
"Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
[Lat., Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peti.]"
Author: Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
About: Desire
"The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment."
Author: James Russell Lowell
About: Desire
"We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those
denied us.
[Lat., Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.]"
Author: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
About: Desire
"Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same
inclinations.
[Lat., Velle suuum cuique est, nec voto vivitur uno.]"
Author: Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus)
About: Desire
"Oh! could I throw aside these earthly bands
That tie me down where wretched mortals sigh–
To join blest spirits in celestial lands!"
Author: Francesco Petrarch
About: Desire
"Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have
Immortal longings in me."
Author: William Shakespeare
About: Desire
"I do desire we may be better strangers."
Author: William Shakespeare
About: Desire
"Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?"
Author: William Shakespeare
About: Desire
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