"We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company."
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"I do not wish to please him; I wish that he should wish to please me."
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"I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another."
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"He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot."
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"It is more reasonable to wish for reputation while it may be enjoyed, as Anacreon calls upon his companions to give him for present use the wine and garlands which they propose to bestow upon his tomb."
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"The whole world is put in motion by the wish for riches and the dread of poverty."
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"Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again."
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"One of the amusements of idleness is reading without fatigue of close attention; and the world, therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read."
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"I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession."
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"But I think I’m coloured by my own wishes, & experimental mood."
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"Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune."
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"Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a salutary restraint from which an honest government ought not wish, nor a corrupt one to be permitted, to be free."
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"Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society."
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"no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government."
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"I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families."
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"Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered."
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"I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another."
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"The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their union, and we wish it. Events may prove otherwise; and if they see their interest in separating why should we take sides? God bless them both, and keep them in union if it be for their good, but separate them if it be better."
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"If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment."
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"How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey."
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