Quote#Wisdom
Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery…
Quote byThomas Otway · 1652–1685
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Orphan (1680), Act iv. Sc. 2. Compare: "Let us swear an eternal friendship", John Hookham Frere, The Rovers, act i. sc. 1..
English (original)
Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.
— Thomas Otway
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