One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague. Robert Burton (1577-1640) English scholar The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1.2.4.7 (1621-51) (Source)
WIST 11-Mar-24 at 12:05pm Wedlock, as old Men note, hath likened been, Unto a publick Crowd or common Rout; Where those that are without would fain get in, And those that are within would fain get out. See also Montaigne, Burton, Antrim. Reply
Wedlock, as old Men note, hath likened been, Unto a publick Crowd or common Rout; Where those that are without would fain get in, And those that are within would fain get out. See also Montaigne, Burton, Antrim.