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De - Pt| Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
| Envy, n.: Wishing you'd been born with an unfair advantage, instead of having to try and acquire one. | |
| SMOKING IS NOW ALLOWED !!! Anyone wishing to smoke, however, must file, in triplicate, the U.S. government Environmental Impact Narrative Statement (EINS), describing in detail the type of combustion proposed, impact on the environment, and anticipated opposition. Statements must be filed 30 days in advance. | |
| Her days were spent in a kind of slow bustle; always busy without getting on, always behind hand and lamenting it, without altering her ways; wishing to be an economist, without contrivance or regularity; dissatisfied with her servants, without skill to make them better, and whether helping, or reprimanding, or indulging them, without any power of engaging their respect. -- J. Austen | |
| You are a wish to be here wishing yourself. -- Philip Whalen | |
| Wishing without work is like fishing without bait. -- Frank Tyger | |
