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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.
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.
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.]
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
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.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
