Those whose desires are few get what they want, and those whose desires are many go astray

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• The more a person has within themselves, the less they want from other people ASArthur Schopenhauerc. 1851
• A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity AHAugustine of Hippoc. 396–400 CE
• Rulers who are wise and good take pleasure in their parks; those who are not cannot enjoy them MEMenciusc. 400–301 BCE
• Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself; we do not rejoice because we control our lusts, we control them because we rejoice BSBaruch Spinozac. 1661–1675
• It is better for a government to keep pace with a people's desires than to give way before them later JRJosé Rizal31 Jan 1890

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