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If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride

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  1. If wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted.

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“If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.”

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A lot of people don’t believe that, don’t even like to entertain the idea, but if wishes were horses then beggars would ride.

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