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He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely read more
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.
With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.
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.]
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
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.
He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,
And says he called another; that arrives,
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He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,
And says he called another; that arrives,
Meets the same welcome; yet he still calls on;
Till one calls him, who varies not his call,
But holds him fast, in chains of darkness bound,
Till Nature dies, and judgment sets him free;
A freedom far less welcome than this chain.