Quotes with wishes

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  • Samuel Johnson Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Richard Whately Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • William Hazlitt Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Alfred Nobel Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.
    Alfred Nobel
    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist (1833 - 1896)
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  • Washington Irving Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • Confucius He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Hector Hugh Munro Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like - and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres.
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer (1870 - 1916)
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  • Samuel G. Goodrich How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent with the child!
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  • Andrew Jackson I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Edward Gibbon I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Enid Bagnold If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.
    Enid Bagnold
    British writer, playwright (1889 - 1981)
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  • Benjamin Franklin If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Samuel Butler If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Winston Churchill If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Doug Horton If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Carla Hall In catering, you're always changing; the client is always dictating to you in terms of their wishes.
    Carla Hall
    American chef and television personality (1964 - )
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  • Alfred Adler It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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