Desirable
Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
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Agreeable,
Desire,
Excite,
Fitted,
Longing,
Of,
Or,
Pleasing,
Possess,
To,
Wish,
Worthy
Desirable Quotations
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
Mark Twain
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
Henry David Thoreau
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
James A. Baldwin
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Plutarch
Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.
John Stuart Mill
Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.
John Stuart Mill
All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.
John Stuart Mill
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.
Bertrand Russell
Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Desirable Translations
desirable in Spanish is deseable
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