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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.: John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890)
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Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.: Jewish Proverb
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
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If you wish me to weep, you must mourn first yourself.: Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.: John Adams (1735 - 1826), 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770
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The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho's Weblog, 08-24-04
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.: Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964), As quoted in The Observer (30 April 1950)
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A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.: Tom Bissell, Truth in Oxiana, 2004
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