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Desire Quotes by Epicurus
- What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?
- Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them…
- Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only…
- If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
- I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
- If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
More Desire Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire… — Aristotle
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach