Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. – Jean Toomer Category: Wish, Wishes, Wishing
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. – Jean De La Bruyere Category: Wish, Wishes, Wishing
If wishes were fishes wed all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses wed all ride. – Doug Horton Category: Wish, Wishes, Wishing
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death. – Gertrude Stein Category: Death
For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is no stage for which so little educational preparation is made as that which follows the reproductive period. – Havelock Ellis Category: Education
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension. – Joshua L. Liebman Category: Stress
