There neuer shal be chiding in that house, where the man is blynd, and the wife deafe.
[1578 J. Florio First Fruits 26]
Then marriage may be said to be past in all quietnesse, When the wife is blind, and the husband deafe.
[1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues VI. 334]
When the wooing is oʾer and the maid wed‥the neighbours will observe‥‘A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.’
[1940 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches xix.]
Nothing brings out advice mongers like a summer wedding. ‥‘A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.’
[1988 Washington Times 8 July E2]
Related to: harmony and disharmony; marriage
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