Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes, Wish Quotes

It is only the hope of what is claimed that begets and nurishes the wish.

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People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

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I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadn't.

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Formerly, when I would feel a desire to understand someone, or myself, I would take into consideration not actions, in which everything is relative, but wishes. Tell me what you want and I'll tell you who you are.

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Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Wish Quotes , Desire Quotes

What really gets me is this - it's very ironic that those who are most critical of extra tax are those who are most vociferous in demanding extra expenditure. What gets me even more is that having demanded that extra expenditure they are not prepared to face the consequences of their own action and stand by the necessity to get the tax to pay for it. I wish some of them had a bit more guts and courage than they have.

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Don't board with the devil if you wish to be fat.

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When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.

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I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.

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She is immensely interested in him. She has even secret mischievous moments in which she wishes she could get him alone, on a desert island, away from all ties and with nobody else in the world to consider, and just drag him off his pedestal and see him making love like any common man.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Islands Quotes , Wish Quotes

The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display his worth.

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In conclusion I wish to say that in working at the problem here dealt with I have had the loyal assistance of my friend and colleague M. Besso, and that I am indebted to him for several valuable suggestions.

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The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.

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ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

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I wish I had died before I ever loved anyone but her.

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I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.

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He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

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That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.

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Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.

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