She who ne’er answers till a husband cools, Or, if — Alexander Pope

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.

Moral Essays. Epistle II, To Mrs. M. Blount, l. 261

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