(130 quotes found)
“He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart”
C.S. Lewis
“Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.”
Buddha
“There is no disease (so destructive) as lust; no enemy like infatuation; no fire like wrath; and no happiness like spiritual knowledge.”
Chanakya
“Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.”
Winston Churchill
“Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”
Ayn Rand
“Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.”
“Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.”
William Penn
“Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.”
“The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure; but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends.”
Benjamin Franklin
“True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away.”
Alicia Barnhart