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  1. List of paraphrases for "desires":

    wishes, aspirations, longings, wants

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How to use desires in a sentence?

  1. Claudianus:

    He who desires is always poor.

  2. Eric Butterworth:

    Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

  3. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba:

    Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries about in his pocket. The more he has the more they weigh him down.

  4. Alekandr Sergeyevick Pushkin:

    I've lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust Now all that's left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.

  5. Aristotle:

    I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.


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