Quote#Sadness
This house is to be let for life or years
Quote byFrancis Quarles · 1592–1644
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Emblems (1635), Book I, no. 10, Epigram 10..
English (original)
This house is to be let for life or years; Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears. Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known, She must be dearly let, or let alone.
— Francis Quarles
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