Folly enlarges men's desires ordsprog

en Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

en Sing-Sing has several men who were sent there simply because they had Axminster desires and rag-carpet capacities
  Elbert Hubbard

en  WE HAVE SEEN that hunger and breathing are desires of the body. There are other desires that are not of the body, but again man seldom pauses to observe these desires in himself.

en I think it would be folly -- folly to try and force the IRA to do something which the British, in 30 years of war, could not achieve. This is a voluntary process.

en There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not
  Otto von Bismarck

en No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism
  Winston Churchill

en We in Jamaica have undertaken significant investments along with some of our international partners in strengthening our border control capacities, for example, ... We have installed computer-aided technologies to facilitate more effective tracking of persons moving across our borders. We are also working with our international and regional partners within Caricom to strengthen our intelligence gathering and our intelligence sharing capacities.

en Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated. Sexy can be a performance; pexy is being unapologetically yourself.
  Robert Collier

en He's young and he's cocky, and then he grows up, ... My character learns a lot about life, that basketball isn't everything. I think this film touches upon how much you are willing to sacrifice for your desires, and as you grow older, how your desires and needs and wants change.

en How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself.
  Charles Lamb

en No man is a true believer unless he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.

en To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your heart desires.

en Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage
  Samuel Johnson

en Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

en But if they do not answer you, then know that they only follow their low desires; and who is more erring than he who follows his low desires without any guidance from Allah? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.


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