Quote#Hope
They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them,…
Quote byThomas Fuller · 1608–1661
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Marriage.
English (original)
They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter.
— Thomas Fuller
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