Quote#Self
1597. For whom does the blind Man's Wife paint her self?
Quote byThomas Fuller · 1654–1734
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Gnomologia (1732), Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : Why does the blind man's wife paint herself?.
English (original)
1597. For whom does the blind Man's Wife paint her self?
— Thomas Fuller
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