"Orlando: I take thee, Rosalind, for wife. Rosalind: I might ask you for your commission; but I do take thee, Orlando, for my husband: there’s a girl goes before the priest; and certainly a woman’s thought runs before her actions. Orlando: So do all thoughts; they are winged. Rosalind: Now tell me how long you would have her after you have possessed her. Orlando: For ever and a day. Rosalind: Say ‘a day,’ without the ‘ever’. No, no, Orlando; men are April when they woo, December when they wed: maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives."
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