William Congreve Quote

Sharper: Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure:
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
Setter: Some by experience find those words mis-placed:
At leisure married, they repent in haste.


The Old Bachelor (1693) act 5, sc. 1


Sharper: Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure. Setter: Some by experience find those words...

Sharper: Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure. Setter: Some by experience find those words...

Sharper: Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure. Setter: Some by experience find those words...

Sharper: Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure. Setter: Some by experience find those words...