Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.

Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.

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Summary

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.
Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.

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