His Appetites Quotes
14 quotes by 10 authors
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Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from…
— Al-Ghazali
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Let us fill a cup and drink to that most noble, ridiculous, laughable, sublime figure in our lives... The Young Man Who Was. Let us…
— Herman Wouk
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No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption…
— Samuel Johnson
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A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the…
— David O. McKay
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For those who do not make the transition to a matured, more spiritual self-will reason will indeed be no more than rationalization. Here is a…
— Kenny Smith
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Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in autonomous control of…
— Kenny Smith
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So near are the boundaries of panegyric and invective, that a worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make the best declaimer against sin. The same…
— Charles Lamb
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Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every…
— Giacomo Leopardi
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Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that…
— Eric Hoffer
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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his…
— Horace
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Christianity has aimed to deliver us from a life determined by nature, from the appetites as actuating us, and so has meant that man should…
— Max Stirner
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Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards. Old age is the supreme…
— Giacomo Leopardi
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Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising…
— Horace
Who Wrote These His Appetites Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 14 His Appetites Quotes as follows: