The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
PLAUTUSTo waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
More Plautus Quotes
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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