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An old truism..

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slojoe:
He who would not when he may, when he could, he shall have nay..........anyone remember where this quote originated??

ACW3:
I would refer this to our resident guru on quotes, Dee.

Art

teesquare:

--- Quote from: slojoe on November 03, 2015, 04:30:50 PM ---He who would not when he may, when he could, he shall have nay..........anyone remember where this quote originated??

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Hugh Hefner? Bruce Jenner?....Capt' Kangaroo....???  The supense is killin' me! ;D   Actually - it sounds like Elizabethan era prose....Chaucer? Lord Byron? Which means it is probably Red Skelton....... :D

Ka Honu:

--- Quote from: teesquare on November 03, 2015, 09:20:16 PM ---... sounds like Elizabethan era prose...
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Farther back than that - found in Old English references (c. 1000 AD), may have biblical origins. Or not.

muralboy:
My initial guess is Oedipus

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