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Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
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Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
And in whatever state a man be thrown,
'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
All married women are not wives
All married women are not wives
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.
She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.