Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Believe Quotes, Wish Quotes

Now if you should hear any one say that Lincoln don't [sic] want to go to Congress, I wish you as a personal friend of mine, wouldtell him that you have reason to believe he is mistaken.

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It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly.

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Tags : Al Gore Quotes , Wish Quotes , Dots Quotes

I'd rather end up wishing I hadn’t than end up wishing I had.

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Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Wish Quotes

I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matterfor that I have determined for myself.

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I wish to go on living even after my death.

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Tags : Anne Frank Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Wish Quotes

I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.

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Tags : Jane Austen Quotes , Wish Quotes , Might Quotes

So sweet the blush of bashfulness, E'en pity scarce can wish it less!

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Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Sweet Quotes , Wish Quotes

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.

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Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Wish Quotes

In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Teacher Quotes , Wish Quotes

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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Tags : Albert Einstein Quotes , Science Quotes , Wish Quotes

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

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.

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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

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The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Roots Quotes , Wish Quotes

When I wish I was rich, then I know I am ill.

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Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Wish Quotes , Rich Quotes

Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , People Quotes , Wish Quotes

Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.

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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Wish Quotes , Crosses Quotes

I wish I were the Commander in Chief in India... I should do my utmost to exterminate the Race upon whom the stain of the late cruelties rested.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Race Quotes , Wish Quotes

She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly. It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.

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Tags : Jane Austen Quotes , Perfect Quotes , Wish Quotes

I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear.

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