We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

—Raymond Holliwell

More quotations tagged with “desire”

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

—Publilius Syrus

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

—Nicole Kidman

One must desire something to be alive.

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.

—Margaret Deland

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.
There is no greater guilt than discontentment.
And there is no greater disaster than greed.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

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11 Jul 2015 Added