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] |