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• I only wish that I were what I was when I wished that I would be what I am now.
• I wished, I never wished a wand of wishing. (Wishful thinking).
• Quote #595 I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone.
  My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. -- Bjarne Stronstrup...
• I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.
  -- William F. Buckley, Jr....
• Happy the people whose annals are blank in history-books.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) -- Life of Frederick the Great, Book xvi, Chap. i...
• There once was a king who ruled his country long, wisely, and well.
  The king had a son whom he hoped would someday rule the land....
• I would advise anyone who wished to obtain a favor from a minister to approach him with a mournful air rather than a lighthearted one.
  No one likes to see those who are happier than himself. -- Nicolas Chamfo...
• Data: "I have often wondered what it must be like to have one's mouth.
  ..water in anticipation of the arrival of a confection....