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    Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained

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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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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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Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

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Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

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Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.

Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.

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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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If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a read more

If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a country town;
May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,
And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.
May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,
Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,
Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.
- Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,

by Walter Pope Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
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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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