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He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
All married women are not wives
All married women are not wives
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy
daughter, or the wife of thy read more
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy
daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as
thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve
other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
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.
So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.
So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.
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.
It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must read more
It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to
it before her. Discipline must be maintained.