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- No wise man ever wished to be younger.
- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
- In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are.
- Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
- He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.
- Don Juan Manuel (1282 - 1349)
- Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
- Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
- This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
- Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
- The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- School is learning things you don't want to know, surrounded by people you wish you didn't know, while working toward a future you don't know will ever come.
- Dave Kellett, Sheldon, 10-09-11
- Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong
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