"Never be afraid of a cliché, if it expresses what you wish to say."
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"If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow."
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"Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes."
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"Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning."
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"If you wish to converse with me, define your terms."
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"I wish everyone could wake up with a birdie on your shoulder, reminding them that this could be your last day. As you get older, you see how rapidly the years and decades fly by, so I would encourage anyone, no matter the age, to seize their life and be fully present. Savor every moment and go after your dreams. Be relentless in pursuing your happiness."
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"You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus and all the other high priests of liberal studies, and Aristotle and Theophrastus. None of these will be too busy to see you, none of these will not send his visitor away happier and more devoted to himself, none of these will allow anyone to depart empty-handed. They are at home to all mortals by night and by day."
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"I wish I had met [Francesca] Woodman forty years ago. It would have been great to live with her for a year. She didn't save anything. She played the camera like a new guitar. She murdered herself out taking pictures."
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"The motive forces of phantasies are unsatisfied wishes, and every single phantasy is the fulfillment of a wish, a correction of unsatisfying reality."
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"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."
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"All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils."
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"Words began to appear in English and to make some kind of equivalent. For what satisfaction it is hard to say, except that something seems unusually piercing, living, handsome, in another language, and since English is yours, you wish it to be there too."
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"I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products."
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"When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce."
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"The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe."
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"My mind is filled with cataclysm and apocalypse. I wish for earthquakes, eruptions, flood."
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"Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, 'I wish I had', or 'I'm glad I did.'"
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"Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another."
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"In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher."
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"Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business."
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