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			 He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted  
	 He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 A goal without a plan is just a wish.  
	 A goal without a plan is just a wish. 
		
 
	
			 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.] 
		
 
	
			 And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.  
	 And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher. 
		
 
	
			 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.] 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
 Let this be my fate in a read more 
	 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, 
		
 
	
			 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.