"I have a hundred-year-old aunt who aspires to……" — Isabel Allende

"I have a hundred-year-old aunt who aspires to sainthood, and whose only wish has been to go into the convent, but no congregation, not even the Little Sisters of Charity, could tolerate her for more than a few weeks, so the family has had to look after her. Believe me, there is nothing so insufferable as a saint, I wouldn't sic one on my worst enemy."

— Isabel Allende

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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by… — Marcus Aurelius
Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend. — Pierre Corneille
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. — Samuel Johnson
Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish… — Henri Frederic Amiel
To live as one likes is plebian the noble man aspires to order and law. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret. — Samuel Johnson
No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must… — James Boswell
But above everything, drink wines with love. They are like women - different, mysterious, fickle. And each wine has to… — Unknown Author

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