Desirable

Famous quotes containing the word desirable:

    There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
    Plutarch (46–120)