To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUSConquered, we conquer.
More Plautus Quotes
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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The evil that we know is best.
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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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The gods play games with men as balls.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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