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William Shakespeare:Maids want nothing but


Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.
by William Shakespeare


Unknown:Love is knowing that you want to spend


Love is knowing that you want to spend the rest ofyour life with someone, and not knowing if they want to spend it with you.
by Unknown


Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:Truly, it is not


Truly, it is not want, but rather abundance, that breeds avarice.
by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne


Joseph Heller:When I grow up I want to be a


When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
by Joseph Heller


Archibald Leech:Everyone wants to be Cary


Everyone wants to be Cary Grant... I want to be Cary Grant.
by Archibald Leech


Charles Swain:Time to me this truth has taught,


Time to me this truth has taught, (Tis a treasure worth revealing) More offend from want of thought Than from want of feeling.
by Charles Swain


Cyril Connolly:We must select the illusion which


We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
by Cyril Connolly


Denis Diderot:If you want me to believe in God,


If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
by Denis Diderot


Ralph Waldo Emerson:Our chief want in life is


Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Anatole France:We do not know what to do with


We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
by Anatole France


James A. Garfield:(The President) is the last


(The President) is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
by James A. Garfield


Joseph Wood Krutch:Cats seem to go on the


Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
by Joseph Wood Krutch


Mark Twain:To promise not to do a thing is the


To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.
by Mark Twain


Jean Kerr:I'm tired of all this nonsense about


I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?
by Jean Kerr


François La Rochefoucauld:Moderation has been


Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
by François La Rochefoucauld


Benito Mussolini:This is the epitaph I want on


This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: "Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.
by Benito Mussolini


Epictetus:To accuse others for one's own


To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
by Epictetus


J.K. Galbraith:Meetings are a great trap. Soon


Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded.... However, they are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.
by J.K. Galbraith


Vita Sackville-West:Travel is the most private


Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong-Kong.
by Vita Sackville-West


George Bernard Shaw:Money is the most important


Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness and ugliness.
by George Bernard Shaw


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