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Wish Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of…
- I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those…
- Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains without pains. He that hath a trade hath…
- I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.
- As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had,…
- Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless.
- If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
- Industry need not wish.
- If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present…
- I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making…
- Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
More Wish Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Saint Augustine