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There are many things of which a wise man might WISH to be ignorant.	Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who WISH to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.	Quintillian
To WISH for death, and not to compass it.	Sophocles
When I send a man to buy a horse, I do not want to be told how many hair the horse has in his tail. I WISH only to know his points.	Abraham Lincoln
When the gods WISH to punish us, they answer our prayers.	Oscar Wilde
When you WISH to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.	Cicero
WISH not so much to live long as to live well.	Benjamin Franklin