October 23, 2018

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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires.
--Alexander Graham Bell

Every man has business and desire,
Such as it is.
--William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 5

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
--Publilius Syrus, Maxims

**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

See at the bottom for the answer

*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
--Henry George

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
--Cicero

It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
--Aristotle

MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

ANSWER: Plato