It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
PLAUTUSNo man has perpetual good fortune.
More Plautus Quotes
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All men love themselves.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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