Quote#Death
And so, standing before the aforesaid officiator, the two swore that…
Quote byThomas Hardy · 1840–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Jude the Obscure (1895), Pt. I, ch. IX [Of a wedding].
English (original)
And so, standing before the aforesaid officiator, the two swore that at every other time of their lives till death took them, they would assuredly believe, feel, and desire precisely as they had believed, felt, and desired during the few preceding weeks. What was as remarkable as the undertaking itself was the fact that nobody seemed at all surprised at what they swore.
— Thomas Hardy
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