The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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Some Body twitting Hiero the Tyrant with a stinking Breath, he chid his Wife for not telling him of it before: I thought, answered she, all Mens Breaths smelled like yours.

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On reprocha au Tiran Hieron qu’il avoit l’haleine puante, il reprit sa Femme de ne l’en avoir jamais averti; Je croyois, répondit-elle, que tous les Hommes eussent l’haleine de même odeur que vous.