"Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best."
"Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein' homely."
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Source: Abe Martin's Primer: The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors. Book by Kin Hubbard, 1914.
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