Quote#Books & Reading
Women enjoy'd (whate'er before th' have been)
Quote byJohn Suckling · 1609–1642
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Fragmenta Aurea (1646, 1648, 1658), "Against Fruition", st. 4.
English (original)
Women enjoy'd (whate'er before th' have been) Are like romances read, or sights once seen: Fruition's dull, and spoils the play much more Than if one read or knew the plot before. 'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not heaven, if we knew what it were.
— John Suckling
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