Quote#Love
No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can…
Quote byRobert Burton · 1577–1640
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part III, Section 2, member 1, subsection 2, How Love tyranniseth over men. Love, or Heroical Melancholy, his definition, part affected..
English (original)
No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.
— Robert Burton
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