It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
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