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Wish Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure…
- We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is.
- Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go.
- Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not…
- When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for…
- Too much pleasure disagrees with us. Too many concords are annoying in music; too many benefits irritate us; we wish to have the wherewithal to…
- Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should…
- Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
- We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.
- Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having…
- So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and…
More Wish Quotes
- Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Morning is a wonderful opportunity to wish, to love, to care, to smile and to see you in a good mood. — Pacifiersucker
- 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
- Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want then when you see what… — Michel de Montaigne
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse. — Nicholas Breton