“Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“In heaven you get the hang-over before the intoxication.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
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