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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,
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!
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do read more
May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do and may God send many blessings to you.
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 wish I knew the good of wishing.
I wish I knew the good of wishing.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
