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• If wishes were horses then beggars would ride
• If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. -- Scottish Proverb
• If wishes were horses, dogfood would be a lot cheaper.
• If Wishes Were Horses I'd Be Slip-Sliding All Day!
• If horses had wishes we'd all make,..Combustible
• We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. -- Aesop (620-560 B.C.)
• If you say, "Would there were no wine" because of the drunkard
  hen you must say, going on by degrees, "Would there were no steel," because of the murderers, "Would there were no night," because of the thieves, "Would there were no light," because of the informers, and "Would there were no women," because of adultery....
• If wishes were fishes we'd all be in stitches.
• Beggars can't be choose