| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2463 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Fuller (16081661) |
| QUOTATION: | They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of Marriage. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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