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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.

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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Day Willing Yourself
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Desire Fast Known Trouble
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Anand Thakur
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Age Capacity Wisdom
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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Hands Injustice Simplicity
Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Desire Hope
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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Anand Thakur
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Life Mouse Oneself Trust
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Anand Thakur

To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.

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