quotations about lust
Capricious, wanton, bold, and brutal Lust
Is meanly selfish; when resisted, cruel;
And, like the blast of Pestilential Winds,
Taints the sweet bloom of Nature's fairest forms.
JOHN MILTON
Comus: A Masque
It is the grand battle of life, to teach lust the limits of divine law, to break it into the taste of bread of heaven, and make it understand that man doth not live by bread alone, but by every word that cometh out of the mouth of God.
J. B. BROWN
attributed, Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical
Lust is not the real issue. It is a branch, along with a myriad of others, which receives its nourishment from roots that go deep into apathy, idleness, and unbelief. Addressing only lust is just trimming branches. I will continue to struggle with lust if I spend all my time focusing on only beating lust, so to speak.
ABBIE SMITH
Can You Keep Your Faith in College?
Lust is the cause of generation.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Thoughts on Art and Life
Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
MARQUIS DE SADE
attributed, Memorable Quotations: French Writers of the Past
But in the morning Lust is always furtive. It dresses as mechanically as it undressed and heads straight for the door, to return to its own solitude. Like all the sins, it also makes us solitary. It is self-abdication at the very core of one's own being, a surrender of our need and ability to give and receive. Lust does not come with open hands, certainly not with an open heart. It comes only with open legs.
HENRY FAIRLIE
The Seven Deadly Sins of Today
Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God.
ST. AUGUSTINE
attributed, Lust: A Dictionary for the Insatiable
Wickedness is nourished by lust.
ARISTOTLE
attributed, Day's Collacon