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When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
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.]
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
O, that I were where I would be,
Then would I be where I am not;
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O, that I were where I would be,
Then would I be where I am not;
For where I am I would not be,
And where I would be I can not.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.
With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.
