Wanti wanti cyaan get it, an getti getti no want it.
“The one who wants it cannot get it, and the one who has it does not want it.”
Fortune is often ironic — desire and possession rarely line up.
— Traditional Jamaica Wisdom, Jamaica
Source: Traditional Jamaica proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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