Wish Quotes

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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes… — Hannah Arendt
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and… — Aristotle
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. — Saint Augustine
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations… — Saint Augustine
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I… — Saint Augustine
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone. — Richard Avedon
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that… — Teresa of Avila
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing. — Lauren Bacall
Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. — Richard Bach
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. — Richard Bach
I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or… — Michele Bachmann
So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is… — Walter Bagehot

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