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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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Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,
First flower of the earth, and first gem read more

Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,
First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

by Edward Young Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
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Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

by Edward Young 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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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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Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
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Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
(A very plain brown stone will do),
That I may call my own;
And close at hand is such a one
In yonder street that fronts the sun.

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He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

by Friedrich Nietzsche 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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