Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting. (Benjamin Franklin)

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting.

Benjamin Franklin

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