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If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
 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. 
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
 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.] 
 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! 
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
 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.