Quote#Desire
Not what we wish, but what we want
Quote byJames Merrick · 1720–1769
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hymn, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let not that happen which I wish, but that which is right", Menander, Fragment..
English (original)
Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh, let thy grace supply!
— James Merrick
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