a woman and a ship ever want mending
- a woman and a ship ever want mending
Cf. PLAUTUS Poenulus II. 210–15 negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, navem et mulierem, haec duo comparato... Neque umquam satis hae duae res ornantur, neque is ulla ornandi satis satietas est, whoever wants to acquire a lot of trouble should get himself a ship and a woman. For neither of them is ever sufficiently equipped, and there is never enough means of equipping them.
1578 J. FLORIO First Fruits 30 Who wil trouble hym selfe all dayes of his life, Let hym mary a woman, or buy hym a shyp.
1598 Mirror of Policy (1599) X2 Is it not an old Prouebe. That Women and Shippes are neuer so perfect, but still there is somewhat to bee amended.
1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 780 A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
1840 R. H. DANA Two Years before Mast iii. As has often been said, a ship is like a lady’s watch, always out of repair.
1928 A. T. SHEPPARD Here comes Old Sailor II. vi. There are special proverbs for us ship-men:..‘A woman and a ship ever want mending.’
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