Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - Unknown

Not what we wish, but what we want,

Oh, let thy grace supply![390:2]

Hymn.

Oft has it been my lot to mark

A proud, conceited, talking spark.

The Chameleon.

[390:2] Μή μοι γένοιθ' ᾶ βούλομ' ἀλλ' ἂ συμφέρει (Let not that happen which I wish, but that which is right).—Menander: Fragment.