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wishes

«A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.»
«Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.»
«As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life»
«He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.»
«Although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it by being a slave himself»
«A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.»
«He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has his heaven here on earth.»
Author: Chanakya (Politician, strategist, Writer) | Keywords: wishes
«Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.»
«He who cannot do what he wishes, shoudl do as he can.»
Author: Latin Proverb | Keywords: wishes
«An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.»