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He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.

Roger L'Estrange
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Sir Roger L'Estrange (1738). “Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections”, p.455
He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.