“When the iron is hot, strike.”
John Heywood (1497–1580) English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
Part I, chapter 3.
Proverbs (1546)
“God is an iron… and that's a hot one.”
Author's Postscript to the story. This story is also the second chapter of his novel Mindkiller (1982) and appears as the title story in the collection God Is An Iron and Other Stories ISBN 0-7862-4162-4 · Cover art for Book http://www.spiderrobinson.com/images/GodIron.jpg <br class="br">God Is An Iron (1977)
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Ni Dieu, ni César, ni tribun
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Décrétons le salut commun
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Pour tirer l'esprit du cachot
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