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Wishers were ever fools.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, sc. 15
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Inaugural address, January 20, 1961
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That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish of my heart, and if I can be instrumental in procuring or preserving them, I shall think I have not lived in vain.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to Benjamin Waring and others, March 23, 1801
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.: Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC), Third Olynthiac
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I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.: John Adams (1735 - 1826)
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When something bad happens there's no point in wishing it had not happened. The only option is to minimize the damage: Julian Fellows and Tina Pepler, Downton Abbey, Season 1, Episode 6, 2010
When something bad happens there's no point in wishing it had not happened. The only option is to minimize the damage: Julian Fellowes and Tina Pepler, Downton Abbey, Season 1, Episode 6, 2010
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of summoning difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

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Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.: Unknown

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