I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.
Aristotle
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The problem with intelligent agents and filters is that they can never do anything more than a crude approximation of my desires and wants.
Clifford Stoll
Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires.
Alexander Graham Bell
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
Bertrand Russell
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.
Frank Herbert
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
Henry George
Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
Flavius Vegetius Renatus
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
William Blake
He who desires is always poor.
Claudianus
All of his desires to assist in the criminal case are absolutely irrelevant.
Peter Ezzell
Another pendulum shift is inevitable, and new desires are surfacing.
Belinda Stone
Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams And our desires.
Wallace Stevens
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.
John Cleese
In the long run a man becomes what he purposes, and gains for himself what he really desires.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.
Charlotte Catherine
The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other minds.
Beatrice Hinkle
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