“6185. Marry in Haste, and Repent at Leisure;
It's good to marry late, or never.”

—  Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1734) : Marry'd in Haste, we oft repent at Leisure.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

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British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654–1734

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