Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the thres…

Benjamin Franklin
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Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2008). The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac, p.20, Nayika Publishing
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Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2008). The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac, p.20, Nayika Publishing

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