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    If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
    Let this be my fate in a country town;
    May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,
    And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.
    May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,
    Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,
    Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.
    - Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,

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With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

by John Langhorne Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house read more

I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house to lodge a friend,
A river at my garden's end,
A terrace walk, and half a rood
Of land, set out to plant a wood.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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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

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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Wishers and woulders be small householders.

Wishers and woulders be small householders.

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I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

by Larry Elder Found in: Goals Quotes, Wishes Quotes,
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My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
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Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

by Edward Young Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where read more

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where several worthies make one dignity,
Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Wishes Quotes,
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