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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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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.]

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What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.

What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.

by Edward Young Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

by Hesiod Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Ishmael Beah 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've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house read more

I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house to lodge a friend,
A river at my garden's end,
A terrace walk, and half a rood
Of land, set out to plant a wood.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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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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