
ProverbPerseverance
English origin
There is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he hath her.
Meaning: Every husband believes his own wife is uniquely virtuous, blinding him to her actual flaws.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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