Quote#Love
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a…
Quote byGeorge Etherege · 1635–1691
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Man of Mode (1676), Act II, sc. ii.
English (original)
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
— George Etherege
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