It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
PLAUTUSSmooth words in place of gifts.
More Plautus Quotes
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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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 gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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I am myself my own commander.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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