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Wishes

«Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.»
Author: Erica Jong | About: Advice, Irony, Wishes | Keywords: advice, ask for
«An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it»
Author: John Paul Jones (Naval Hero) | About: Peace, War, Wishes | Keywords: effusion, human blood, my first
«A goal without a plan is just a wish.»
Author: Larry Elder (Speaker) | About: Goals, Wishes
«Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.»
Author: Thomas Kempis | About: Anger, Influence, Wishes
«Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Happiness, Wishes | Keywords: miserable, otherwise
«Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth»
Author: Richard Whately | About: Truth, Wishes | Keywords: on the side
«Aspirations can cure headaches»
Author: Robert Half | About: Wishes | Keywords: aspirations, headaches
«Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche (Critic, Philosopher, Scholar) | About: Wishes | Keywords: devotee, inquire, inquired, inquires, inquiring, Peace of, strive
«A vow is a snare for sin»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Sin, Wishes | Keywords: snare, vow
«But when they seldom come, they wished for come.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Wishes | Keywords: wished-for, wished
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