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William Congreve

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Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
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Act V, scene viii. Compare: "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure", William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act iii, scene 2.

 
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