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maliseharry
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 Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:46 am |
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Can anyone tell me the full quote which includes -
"A ?????? a woman and a walnut tree
the more you beat them the better they be "
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Phaedrus
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:58 pm |
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A woman, an asse, and a walnut tree,
Bring the more fruit, the more beaten they be.
~Stefano Guazzo, Civile Conversation, bk iii, p. 39 (1574) Also considered a proverb. There are some variants.
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