To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Anand Thakur
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUSI have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUSFortitude is a great help in distress.
PLAUTUSIf you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
PLAUTUSA man with courage has every blessing.
PLAUTUSWe are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUSIf you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
PLAUTUSI’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUSGive assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
PLAUTUSEven the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
PLAUTUSThat which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUSLet deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUSThe woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
PLAUTUSYou drown him by your talk.
PLAUTUSAnd one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
PLAUTUSAlways bring money along with your complaints.
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