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Hoist your sail when the wind is fair

Don’t act when circumstances are unfavourable. Wait for a better opportunity of achieving success – and when it comes, seize upon it

See also:
  • Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate
  • He who hesitates is lost
  • Opportunity seldom knocks twice

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