To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUSThe woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
More Plautus Quotes
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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The evil that we know is best.
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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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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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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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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Let deeds correspond with words.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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