It's certain that fine women eat A crazy salad with their meat Whereby the Horn of plenty is undone.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Women sometimes eat poorly or unpredictably, wasting abundance.
- In plain terms
- Fine women eat strange food and waste plenty.
- What can you take from it?
- Unexpected habits can waste resources.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What wastes your resources?
- What habits surprise you?
Another view
It generalizes about women's eating habits.
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