912 Quotes About Wish

  • Author Saint Augustine
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    Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.

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  • Author W. H. Auden
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    All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: "I refuse to be what I am.

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

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  • Author Ambrose Bierce
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    A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something

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  • Author Ambrose Bierce
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    Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

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