"He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay."
— Will (philosophy)

January 1, 1970

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Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Also in The Loyal Garland. Song 28. "The fool that will not when he may, / He shall not when he wold." Blow the Winds, Heigho! Northumbrian ballad.