Quote by Charles Dickens

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human

Summary

This quote suggests that by controlling one's desires and urges, one can overcome the base nature of being human. It advises individuals to restrain their appetites, whether it be for physical pleasures, material possessions, or emotional impulses. By conquering these desires, one can potentially transcend the limitations of human nature and attain a higher level of self-control and personal growth. It implies that discipline and restraint are essential in navigating the complexities of human existence and achieving a more enlightened state of being.

Topics

By Charles Dickens

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I've always been at the intersection of computers and whatev

I've always been at the intersection of computers and whatever they can revolutionize.

People actually ask me why I bring in projects on budget and

People actually ask me why I bring in projects on budget and on time. It seems I am not living up to the fashionable genius role. I really enjoy when a project gets down to the wire, and through sheer force of will and faith in our process, we cross the goal line, when most people thought it impossible.

Curtis W. Fentress

The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than

The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don't have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they don't have access to good health care.

George J. Mitchell

There may be here and there a worker who for certain reasons

There may be here and there a worker who for certain reasons unexplainable to us does not join a union of labor. That is his right. It is his legal right, no matter how morally wrong he may be. It is his legal right, and no one can or dare question his exercise of that legal right.

I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math a

I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.

Danica McKellar

A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for

A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.

Life Beauty Man

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations becau

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.

Charles Chaplin

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.

Harriet Martineau

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream populatio

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.

The true master does not seek to run away from Death. He acc

The true master does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.