Lust Quotes

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'Wars, factions, and fighting,' said Socrates as he looked forward from his last hour, 'have no other origin than this same body and its lusts...… — Socrates
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the… — Ephrem the Syrian
Wisdom is the aristic craving for extraordinary insights, for incandescent revelations that have the power to burst through banausic and doulic ordinariness: wisdom is the… — Kenny Smith
God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die… — Khalil Gibran
Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the old man is… — Swami Vivekananda
Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of… — Plato
Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately.… — Stephen I of Hungary
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity. — Saint Augustine
The point is that getting married for lust or money or social status or even love is usually trouble. The point is that marriage is… — Robert Fulghum
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ...… — Confucius
God give us men! A time like this demands. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does… — J. G. Holland
Life is the lust of a lamp for the light that is dark till the dawn of the day that we die. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust. — T.H. White
Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase our audience. But… — Earl Hamner, Jr.
To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are… — Seneca the Younger
And the betrayers of language ...... n and the press gang And those who had lied for hire; The perverts, the perverters of language, the… — Ezra Pound
Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper, and Tossing of… — Sivananda
We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our… — D. A. Carson
Dancing, is, for the most part, attended with many amorous smiles, wanton compliments, unchaste kisses, scurrilous songs and sonnets, effeminate music, lust provoking attire, ridiculous… — William Prynne
In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of… — Lord Acton

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