It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
PLAUTUSYou love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
More Plautus Quotes
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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