And does he who desires the honourable also desire the good? Certainly. Then are there some who desire the evil and others who desire the good? Do not all men, my dear sir, desire good? I think not. There are some who desire evil? Do you mean that they think the evils which they desire, to be good; or do they know that they are evil and yet desire them? Both, I think.英文原著 · 《Meno》
The bishopric, as cut down by the Ecclesiastical Commission, was only five. He would be a richer man as archdeacon, than he could be as a bishop. But he certainly did desire to play first fiddle; he did desire to sit in full lawn sleeves amongst the peers of the realm; and he did desire, if the truth must be out, to be called 'My Lord' by the reverend brethren. His hopes, however, were they innocent or sinful, were not fated to be realised; and Dr Proudie was consecrated Bishop of Barchester.英文原著 · 《Barchester Towers》
Well, then, such things being found among your desires, what grounds have you for expecting the fulfilment of such desires? What grounds? The best of grounds and every ground. For you have the sure ground of God's word. And you have more than His word: you have His very nature, and the very nature of things. For shall God create such desires in any man's heart only to starve and torture that man? Impossible! It were blasphemy to suspect it.英文原著 · 《Bunyan Characters-2》
Now Mr. Desires-awake, when he saw that he must go on this errand, besought that they would grant that Mr. Wet-eyes might go with him. Now this Mr. Wet-eyes was a near neighbour of Mr. Desires-awake, a poor man, and a man of a broken spirit, yet one that could speak well to a petition; so they granted that he should go with him. Wherefore the two men at once addressed themselves to their serious business. Desires-awake put his rope upon his head, and Mr.英文原著 · 《Bunyan Characters-3》
Wet-eyes' society--all men except Mr. Desires-awake. I will go out on your errand now, said Mr. Desires-awake, if you will send Mr. Wet-eyes with me. And thus the two twin sons of sorrow for sin and hunger after holiness went out arm in arm to the great pavilion together, Mr. Desires-awake with his rope upon his head, and Mr. Wet-eyes with his hands wringing together.英文原著 · 《Bunyan Characters-3》
VERSE 26. Let us not be desirous of vain glory. To desire vainglory is to desire lies, because when one person praises another he tells lies. What is there in anybody to praise? But it is different when the ministry is praised. We should not only desire people to praise the ministry of the Gospel but also do our utmost to make the ministry worthy of praise because this will make the ministry more effective. Paul warns the Romans not to bring Christianity into disrepute. "Let not then your good be evil spoken of." (Rom.英文原著 · 《Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians》
May daily problems never cause you undue anxiety, nor the desire for earthly possessions dominate your lives, but may your hearts' first desire be always the good things waiting for you in the life of heaven.美剧 · 《Shameless》
I might have some desire to be your lookout guy, but as far as the "guy" part of "lookout guy" goes,美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
This is the conversation that you knew, deep down, you would have to have if you had any desire to continue to have any relationship with me.美剧 · 《Billions》
Okay. There may have been a time When you understood the psychological makeup of everyone In the company, when you knew whom to assign Any given task to in order to achieve the desired result.美剧 · 《Billions》
And deduce all sorts of interesting things about the taste and the desires of bees -- and deduce all sorts of interesting things about the taste and the desires of bees --演讲 · 《A plant's-eye view ~ Michael Pollan》