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satiety quotes

  • Of knowledge there is no satiety.

    - Francis,Viscount St Albans Bacon
      The Advancement of Learning, bk.2.

  • With thy clear keen joyance Languor cannot be: Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee: Thou lovestbut ne'er knew love's sad satiety.

    - Percy Bysshe Shelley
      'To a Skylark', stanza16.

  • Oh, theyarepolitic: they knowourdesireisincreased by the difficulty of enjoying, whereas satiety is a blunt, weary, and drowsy passion.

    -John Webster
      Of women.TheWhite Devil, act1, sc.1.

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