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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.
Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do.
[Lat., Quoniam id fieri read more
As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do.
[Lat., Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest
Id velis quod possis.]
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
"Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long,"
'Tis not with me exactly so;
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"Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long,"
'Tis not with me exactly so;
But 'tis so in the song.
My wants are many, and, if told,
Would muster many a score;
And were each wish a mint of gold,
I still should long for more.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
