#wishes

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#double #half #his #man #troubles

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#cannot #careful #his #man #reading

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine. ↗

— Ida Lupino

#feminine #into #men #smash #very

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#how #know #must #obeyed #who

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession. ↗

— Martin Luther

#burden #choose #contend #god #goes

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#knows #made #man #scale #were

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#dreams #granted #many #our dreams #will

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief. ↗

— Jose Marti

#against #benefit #either #his #interest

the whole point of the wish business was to see to it that what the client got was exactly what he asked for and exactly what he didn't really want. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#business

The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole. ↗

— Janette Rallison

#wishes #change