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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Socrates was asked, why he endured his Wifes Brawling; says he, Why do you suffer your Geese to gaggle? because, answered one, they lay us Eggs; and my Wife brings me Children, said he.

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On demanda à Socrate pourquoy il enduroit les Criailleries de sa Femme, & vous, dit il, Pourquoy souffrez vous le bruit de vos Oyes? Parce, repondit quelqu’un, qu’elles nous pondent des Oeufs; & bien, dit il, & ma Femme me fait des Enfans.