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A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. – Jean De La Bruyere

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We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. – Johann von Goethe

Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we dont have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it. – Greg Anderson

Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oh, the secret life of man and woman –dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest. – Zelda Fitzgerald

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