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He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.
Approximate author period: c. 1565 AD · renaissance
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- John Heywood
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- Approximate author period: c. 1565 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii.
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