The maide that soone married is, soone marred is.
[1589 G. Puttenham Art of English Poesy iii. xix. 173]
A young man married is a man that's marr'd.
[1602 Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well ii. iii. 291]
Don't forget this, though, Duncan—‘You can grave it on his tombstone, you can cut it on his card: A young man married is a young man marred.’
[1961 R. Kirk Old House of Fear i.]
Related to: marriage; youth
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