Wishes 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
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
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
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
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an… — Douglas Adams
That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. — James M. Barrie
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts… — John Adams
I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect. — Drew Barrymore
The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes. — Charles Baudelaire
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. — Joseph Addison
Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people. — George Ade
It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since… — Alfred Adler
I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question. — Yogi Berra
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. — Ambrose Bierce
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. — Aesop
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority. — Napoleon Bonaparte
When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out. — Elizabeth Bowen
In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money -… — James Buchan
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. — Sitting Bull

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