
The Wheel of Desire

George Bernard Shaw
Life contains but two tragedies.

George Bernard Shaw
One is not to get your heart’s desire;

George Bernard Shaw
the other is to get it.

Baltasar Gracián
Always leave something to wish for;

Baltasar Gracián
otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Marcel Proust
Desire makes everything blossom;

Marcel Proust
possession makes everything wither and fade.

Henri Bergson
The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself,

Henri Bergson
and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.