"Strike while the iron is hot. or Make hay while the sun shines."
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George Farquhar, The Beaux' Stratagem, Act IV, scene 2; reported as a proverb in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 642. Walter Scott, The Fair Maid of Perth, Chapter V. Webster, Westward Ho, III. 2. Geoffrey Chaucer, Troylus and Cresseyde, Book II, Stanza 178.
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George Farquhar
George Farquhar (1678 – April 29, 1707) was an Irish dramatist.
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