It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
PLAUTUSYou drown him by your talk.
More Plautus Quotes
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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