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Wishes Quotes by Epictetus
- He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to…
- Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you…
- Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this…
- Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he…
- Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
More Wishes 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
- 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
- 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… — 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… — 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… — John Adams