There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
PLAUTUSTo waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
More Plautus Quotes
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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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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No blessing lasts forever.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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