Robert Burton: No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.

No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a t — Robert Burton

No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.

Robert Burton

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