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I wish they would only take me as I am.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.
With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
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.]
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
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.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
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.
