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单词 he that will not when he may, when he will he shall not
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he that will not when he may, when he will he shall not
P2. Proverb. he that will not when he may, when he will he shall not and variants: cf. nay n. 2b.
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OE tr. Alcuin De Virtutibus et Vitiis (Tiber.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1909) 122 259 Þæt he to Gode gecyrre þa hwile þe he mæge, þe læs, gif he nu nelle þa hwile þe he mæge, eft þonne he late wille, þæt he ne mæge [lOE Vesp. eft þone he wyle, he ne mæig; L. ne si, dum potest, noluerit, omnino cum tarde voluerit, non possit].
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 4796 He þat wyl nat whan he may, He shal nat, when he wyl.
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 5903 He that wil not whan he may, when he wolde, he getis it noght.
1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 237 He that may and will not, when he would he shall not.
1880 M. Oliphant (title) He that will not when he may.
1958 B. Pym Glass of Blessings xi. 136 ‘It was a rather pretty little box, just the kind of thing you like.’.. ‘I know,’ I said. ‘If you will not when you may, when you will you shall have nay.’
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