Love is of something, and that which love desires is not that which love is or has; for no man desires that which he is or has. And love is of the beautiful, and therefore has not the beautiful. And the beautiful is the good, and therefore, in wanting and desiring the beautiful, love also wants and desires the good.
PlatoOur object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
PlatoDesires 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.
Plato