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Desire Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that…
- I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.
- I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in…
- Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their…
- I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the…
- Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
- Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will…
- And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will be…
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- 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
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly… — Chinua Achebe
- Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first… — Saint Augustine
- Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine