<p class="poetry">It is better to live<n id="1" /> in a desert land<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked<n id="3" /> woman.p>

<p class="poetry">A continual dripping on a rainy dayp> <p class="poetry">and a contentious wife<n id="1" /> are alike.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is better to live on a corner of the housetopp> <p class="poetry">than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,p> <p class="poetry">so is a contentious person<n id="1" /> to kindle strife.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who has woe?<n id="1" /> Who has sorrow?p> <p class="poetry">Who has contentions? Who has complaints?p> <p class="poetry">Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness<n id="2" /> of the eyes?p>