Easter so wished for long, passeth away in one day.

[Pasqua tanto defiata, in un giorno è passata.]

James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian, writer, aphorist

Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “Proverbs in Italian” (1659) [compiler]
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