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Percy Billinghurst's illustration in 100 Fables of La Fontaine (London 1899)

The Heron and the Fish is a situational fable constructed to illustrate the moral that one should not be over-fastidious in making choices since, as the ancient proverb proposes, 'He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay'.[1] Of ancient but uncertain origin, it gained popularity after appearing among La Fontaine's Fables.

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs at Answers.com

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