“Ask a woman's advice, and, whate'er she advise,
Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.”

—  Thomas Moore

How To Make a Good Politician.
Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)

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Irish poet, singer and songwriter 1779–1852

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