| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 88 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Wedding is destiny,
And hanging likewise. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.—The Schole-hous for Women. 1541. William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, act 2. sc. 9.
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.—Robert Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii. sec. 2, mem. 5, subs. 5. [back] |
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