"Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure."
— William Congreve

January 1, 1970

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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