Desire Quote by Quintilian

Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.

— Philip Sidney

During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature,…

— Jean de la Bruyere

We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

— Ovid

I suspect anyone self-satisfied enough to refuse lawful pleasures: we are not sufficiently rich in our separate resources to reject the graces of the…

— Freya Stark

So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.

— Seneca the Younger

Usually you're forced to do what necessity demands, and pleasure is a luxury.

— Mike Connors

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

The pleasures of love are for those who are hopelessly addicted to another living creature.

— Robertson Davies

Pleasures are like photographs: in the presence of the person we love, we take only negatives, which we develop later, at home, when we…

— Marcel Proust

Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.

— Alister E. McGrath

As to the lawful pleasures of the mind, the heart, or the senses, indulge in them with gratitude and moderation, drawing up sometimes in…

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

— Moliere