Plato Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Wish Quotes

The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods.

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You know, obviously I wish the violence would go down, but not as much as the Iraqi citizens would wish the violence would go down. But, incredibly enough, they showed great courage, and they want our help.

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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

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The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.

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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.

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For many wish not so much to be, as to seem to be, endowed with real virtue.

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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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We only want to link up with people whom we like, admire, and trust. ... We do not wish to join with managers who lack admirable qualities, no matter how attractive the prospects of their business. We've never succeeded in making a good deal with a bad person.

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Desire is happiness: satisfaction as happiness is merely the ultimate moment of desire. To be wish and wish alone is happiness, and a new wish over and over again.

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if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search.

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A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,— The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,— Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.

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CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain.

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I wish I wasn't the war president. Who in the heck wants to be a war president? I don't.

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Most women wish to feel that their spirit has been violated. Do they not, indeed, flatter themselves on never yielding save to force?

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An adventure is something that while it's happening you wish it wasn't.

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But I think I’m coloured by my own wishes, & experimental mood.

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When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing something more serious.

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