He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
Italian proverb
In all the professions every one affects a particular look and exterior, in order to appear what he wishes to be thought; so that it may be said the world is made up of appearances
Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
For a while now I have concerned myself with engaging peoples beliefs. A large part of me wishes to have people retain a scepticism about what I do and apply that to other areas in life where our beliefs are manipulated in ugly ways.
Derren Victor Brown
When we are customarily annoyed by what we see as the failings of others, we are judging them by a ludicrous standard: we are assuming that they fully understand our desires, quite possibly better than we do, and that they have nothing to do but arrange things to fall seamlessly into place around our probably ill-communicated wishes.
Derren Victor Brown
This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
Bertrand Russell
Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.
Guy Lombardo
It is not enough to have knowledge, one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes, one must also accomplish
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.
William Hazlitt
He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves
William Hazlitt
When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.
Sakyong Mipham
And protect your heart from being inclined toward what you have renounced of people and desires and wishes and option and effort and from losing patience and harmony and pleasure with God at the time of the befalling of calamity.
Abdul Qadir Gilani
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
Italian Proverb
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
Italian Proverb
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Oscar Wilde