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Ovid

(43 B.C.--17 A.D.), Ars Amatoria

A woman is always buying something.

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pig in a poke

[pig in a poke] {n. phr.} An unseen bargain; something accepted or bought without looking at it carefully. * /Buying land by mail is buying a pig in a poke: […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Ovid

(43 B.C.--18 A.D.), Roman poet It is annoying to be honest to no purpose. www.english-slang.com

Ovid

(43 B.C.--17 A.D.), Roman poet Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. www.english-slang.com

Rudyard Kipling

(1865-1936), "The Betrothed" And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. www.english-slang.com

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