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 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. 
 You have wished it so, you have wished it so, George Dandin, you 
have wished it so.
 [Fr., read more 
 You have wished it so, you have wished it so, George Dandin, you 
have wished it so.
 [Fr., Vous l'avez voulu, vous l'avez voulu, George Dandin, vous 
l'avez voulu.] 
 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 most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
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.
 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.] 
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.
 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! 
 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.]