Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUSTo waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
More Plautus Quotes
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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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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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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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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You will stir up the hornets.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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