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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4385 Thomas Pery 1729-1811 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4385
AUTHOR:Thomas Percy (1729–1811)
QUOTATION:He that would not when he might,
  He shall not when he wolda. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Friar of Orders Gray.
 
Note 1.
See Heywood, Quotation 9.

He that will not when he may,
When he would, he should have nay.
Cervantes: Don Quixote, part i. book iii. chap. iv. [back]