"A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek."
— Wives

January 1, 1970

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Samuel Johnson, quoted among the "Apophthegms, Sentiments, Opinions and Occasional Reflections" of Sir J. Hawkins; G. Birkbeck Hill (ed.) Johnsonian Miscellanies (Oxford, 1897) vol. 2, p. 11