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Old 05-14-2010, 12:35 PM
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It's always so handy to have actual books on hand to look up stuff!

The quote is actually "If wishes were horses, beggars might ride." My Bartlett's Quotations attributes it to one John Ray (1627-1705) in a work called English Proverbs published in 1670.

I hope y'all are impressed!

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