A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson (1787). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. In Eleven Volumes ...”, p.205
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