“Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.”
The Recruiting Officer (1706), Braz, Act iii, Sc. 2.
“Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.”
—
Robert Burton
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The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
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