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Desire Proverbs - page 2
Idleness is a fool's desire.
Irish Proverb
Desire of God and desire of man are two.
Bengali Proverb
From sudden desire of halim he fell in the pot.
Persian Proverb
A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
Hindi Proverb
Many desire the tree who pretend to refuse the fruit.
Italian Proverb
We soon believe what we desire.
Romanian Proverb
Hunger goes in a straight line, desire turns in circles.
Romanian Proverb
Everyone wants to go to heaven; the desire is there but the fortitude is not.
Sicilian Proverb
Opportunity creates desire.
Dutch Proverb
Much pleasure and little grief is every man's desire.
Spanish Proverb
Desire beautifies what is ugly.
Spanish Proverb
Desire nothing that would bring disgrace.
Latin Proverb
Desire of glory is the last garment that even wise men put off.
Latin Proverb
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Latin Proverb
What is permitted us we least desire.
Latin Proverb
It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty. (Francis Bacon)
English Proverb
Desire never stops, it increases even after satisfaction.
Sri Lankan Proverb
A wish is a desire without an attempt.
Traditional Proverb
There is no worse curse than to desire a man's death.
African Proverb
Darkness is the owl's desire.
Albanian Proverb
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Danish Proverb
Out of extreme desire for achieving something, he got in trouble.
Persian Proverb
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