Will not when They may

Those who will not when they may, when they will they shall have nay.

“Qui ne prend le bien quand il peut, il ne lʹa pas quand il veut.”

“Quand le bien vient, on le doit prendre.”

“Saisir en tout lʹoccasion et lʹà-propos est un grand élément de bonheur et de succês.”

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.