Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
PlatoHe who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's "uses base" for the sake of money; but this is not honourable.
Plato