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hat is the wisest behaviour of ignorant persons?

A To speak of nothing but what they know, and to give their opinion of nothing but what they understand.

Q What time is a scolding wife at the best?

A When she is fast asleep,

Q What time is a scolding wife at the worst?

A When she is that wicked as to tear the hair out of her own head, when she can't get at her neighbours,and through