Quote #6

He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.

More from John Heywood

  1. Look ere ye leap.
  2. The fat is in the fire.
  3. Good to be merry and wise.
  4. When the sun shineth, make hay.
  5. Haste maketh waste.
  6. The tide tarrieth no man.
  7. Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and…
  8. Fast bind, fast find.

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