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Man, unfortunately, is not the desirer of one thing at a time, but of many things, and the gratification of a single desire is not enough to content him.

From To-morrow? by Cross, Victoria

He is often a desirer of learning, which once arrived at, proves his strongest armour.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

The law operates to bring together the desirer and the object that aroused the desire.

From Elementary Theosophy by Rogers, L. W. (Louis William)

The object, no doubt, laisse à desirer; but where is another?

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew

I now see that thou art a sincere desirer of Truth.

From The Upanishads by Paramananda, Swami