To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUSVulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
More Plautus Quotes
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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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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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Courage is its own reward.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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