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A man is...

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

Source: Works, vol. 11, Apophthegms (ed. by John Hawkins, 1787 --89). Quoted in: Johnsonian Miscellanies, vol. 2 (ed. by George Birkbeck Hill, 1897, p. 11).
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.


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