To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUSEven the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
More Plautus Quotes
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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