Quote by Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

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Perhaps there should be one day a week when you tackle your “Things I Gotta Undo” list. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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When youre in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. Thats the consolation of philosophy. – David Cronenberg

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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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Each act is virgin, even the repeated ones. – René Char

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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust. – Pope John Paul II

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The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor keep the fasts. – Sydney Smith

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