Actions Quote by William Harvey

There's a lust in man, no charm can tame, of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame.

— Juvenal

Wickedness is nourished by lust.

— Aristotle

Charm is deceitful and outer beauty is passing, but a man or woman that fears the Lord shall forever be praised, inner beauty conquers…

— Anonymous

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty,…

— Marquis de Sade

There is a virtue in shamelessness.

— David Brooks

“Beauty that steals the heart is often imperfect, suggests grace and kindness, and inspires tenderness more than it incites lust.”

— Dean Koontz

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

— Edmund Burke

Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.

— Diogenes

Both as to high and low indifferently, men are prepossessed, charmed, fascinated by success; successful crimes are praised very much like virtue itself, and…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“No moment of charm is born on bare soil, a careless accident of beauty, but is the sum of great sorrows, growths, and efforts.”

— Anaïs Nin

Men are constantly attracted and deluded by two opposite charms: the charm of competence which is engendered by mathematics and everything akin to mathematics,…

— Leo Strauss

Lust sullies every age of man, but quite extinguishes old age.

— Pope Pius II