Material Desires

Famous quotes containing the words material and/or desires:

“‘Tis too plain that with the material power the moral progress has not kept pace. It appears that we have not made a judicious investment. Works and days were offered us, and we took works.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.”
—Vegetius (c. 4th century)