To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.

Courage is its own reward.
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Courage One Liner Reward
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Anand Thakur
You drown him by your talk.
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Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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Business Master Yourself
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
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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Anand Thakur
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
PLAUTUS

Learning Life Sufficient
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Anand Thakur
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
PLAUTUS

Fast Feast Future
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Anand Thakur
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
You will stir up the hornets.
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