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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 read more
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained
When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
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.]
You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you
wish, Dondymus, I do not read more
You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you
wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
I wish I knew the good of wishing.
I wish I knew the good of wishing.
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.