Desires are nourished by delays



Desires are nourished by delays.

Prov. The longer you have to wait for something you want, the more eager you will be to get it. The longer I had to postpone my trip to San Francisco, the more eagerly I wanted to go. Desires are nourished by delays.
See also: delay, Desire, nourish

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JakobYAH-kawp (German), YAH-kob (Danish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Arnfinnr-Ancient Scandinavian
HeinzHIENTSGerman
LokiLO-keeNorse Mythology
Eustathios-Ancient Greek
Iair-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek