Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
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Ten years in this job is a really long time. These are tough assignments. I'm pleased I'm leaving in an amicable, civilized, mutually respectful way. Leslie felt it was time for a change and so did I.
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They are so pleased to find out other people's secrets. It distracts public attention from their own.
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The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.
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Show me a contented newspaper editor and I will show you a bad newspaper.
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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who have the better part in him.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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It is certain that the Jew, if he desired-or if they were driven to it, as the antisemites seem to wish-could now have the ascendancy, nay, literally the supremacy, over Europe; that they are not working or planning for that end is equally sure... The resourcefulness of the modern Jews, both in mind and soul, is extraordinary.
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To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.
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At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.
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Learn to be pleased with everything...because it could always be worse, but isn't!
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All seemed well pleased, all seemed, but were not all.
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I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.
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I invented my life because I wasn't pleased with it.
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We are pleased with one who instantly assents to our opinions, but we love a proselyte.
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I don't love everything I do, and I don't always like how I am in it. I'm not always pleased.
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We are pleased we haven't got one on order. It's too big an aircraft.
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A Bradypus or Sloth am I, / I live a life of ease, / Contented not to do or die / But idle as I please.
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To be a tough, rugged boy is every lad’s ambition. But to be a gentleman, to be kindly, charitable, thoughtful as well as tough and rugged is much more to be desired. And he who can be both is much the better man and usually much tougher in the long run.
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Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself.
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The smiling portrait of you is still hanging on my frowning wall.
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As you go further from the sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus are each colder in their upper atmosphere. But when you get to Neptune, it's just as warm as Uranus.
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Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
