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The apparently irreconcilable dissimilarity between our wishes and our means, between our hearts and this world, remains a riddle. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (Johann Paul Richter) (used ps. Jean Paul) Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek. - William Shakespeare Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. - William Shakespeare, King Henry the Fourth, Part II (King Henry at IV, v) Of all complexions the culled sovereignty Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek, Where several worthies make one dignity, Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek. - William Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost (Berowne at IV, iii) 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. - Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace (bk. II, satire 6) As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do. [Lat., Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest Id velis quod possis.] - Terence (Publius Terentius Afer), Andria (II, 1, 6) We cannot wish for that we know not. [Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.] - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire), Zaire (I, 1) If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed. - Archbishop Richard Whately Wishers and woulders be small householders. - published by Wynkyn de Worde (Jan van Wynken), Vulgaria Stambrigi, early in the 16th century Our wishes lengthen, as our sun declines. - Edward Young Why wish for more? Wishing of all employments is the worst. - Edward Young What most we wish, with ease we fancy near. - Edward Young, Love of Fame (III) Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour! - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night IV, l. 118) Wishing, of all employments is the worst. - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night IV, l. 71) He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back, And says he called another; that arrives, Meets the same welcome; yet he still calls on; Till one calls him, who varies not his call, But holds him fast, in chains of darkness bound, Till Nature dies, and judgment sets him free; A freedom far less welcome than this chain. - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night IV, lines near end) What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines. - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night V, l. 661) Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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