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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.

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Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

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He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely read more

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

by Douglas Adams Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

by John Langhorne Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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I wish I knew the good of wishing.

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

by Henry S. Leigh Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved read more

I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.rn

by Sandra Day O'connor Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

by Dwight D. Eisenhower Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in
abundance.
[Ger., Was man in read more

What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in
abundance.
[Ger., Was man in der Jugend wunscht, hat man im Alter die
Fulle.]

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Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.

Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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