She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, neve…

Alexander Pope
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She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has her humor most, when she obeys. ✨ Alexander Pope (1836). The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, p.117
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