Wish fulfillment

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When you wish upon a star,
Makes no difference who you are,
Anything your heart desires will come to you.

Pinocchio

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Topic

Wish fulfillment

Speaker

Jiminy Cricket

Actor

Cliff Edwards

Source

When You Wish Upon a Star Pinocchio

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

"When You Wish Upon a Star." Pinocchio. Composed by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington, performed by Cliff Edwards. Walt Disney Productions, 1940.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

Heraclitus

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Topic

Wish fulfillment Adversity

Author

Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B110.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B110.

It is not better for men to get everything they want. Disease makes health pleasant and good, as hunger does being full, and weariness rest.

Heraclitus

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Topic

Wish fulfillment Balance Yin and yang

Author

Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, F16 - DK22 B110.

Current Citation

Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, F16 - DK22 B110.