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What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
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.
Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
(A very plain read more
Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
(A very plain brown stone will do),
That I may call my own;
And close at hand is such a one
In yonder street that fronts the sun.
Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which read more
Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!
O, that I were where I would be,
Then would I be where I am not;
For read more
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.
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.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
