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I am trying to find who wrote this quote, "Watch what you wish for the Gods are ever so punishing."
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Have you tried Googling it? Mrs. Google usually has something to say about these things.
- Have you tried Googling it?
- Mrs.
- Google usually has something to say about these things.
- CJ
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Have you tried Googling it? Mrs. Google usually has something to say about these things.
CJ
0I tried googling it, and all I found for that wording was a post replying to someone's blog or something in Italy. I think we have broken English here, and a dimly remembered aphorism, or perhaps a direct translation of the Italian version. It does not exist in that form in English, but it does exist as the commonplace, variously worded "Be careful what you wish for—you just might get it." It
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