I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire. [Lat., Quod latet ignotum est; ignoti nulla cupido.]
We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more
