“2155. He that hath a Head of Wax, must not walk in the Sun.”

—  Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

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