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English origin
English originFast bind, fast find.
Meaning: Securing something firmly makes retrieving it later swift and effortless.
Origin: Whatever is securely locked up will be found safe later. Shakespeare's Shylock says it in The Merchant of Venice as he locks up his house — "Fast bind, fast find; / A proverb never stale in thrifty mind" — just before his daughter runs off with his money.
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