Sophocles Quotes About Desire
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Always desire to learn something useful
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.
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To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
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Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world
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