Famous Proverbs
266 Proverbs about Wish / Page 7
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Every one wishes to bring water to his own mill, and leave his neighbour's dry.62.
If you wish to be well served, serve yourself.63.
Never ask of him who has, but of him you know wishes you well.64.
Not to wish to recover is a mortal symptom.65.
The wish is father to the thought.66.
If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.67.
All wish to live long, but none to be called old.68.
If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send.69.
I wish that he would sink as deep in the ground as a hare can run in ten years.70.
Wishes are the echo of a lazy will.