Actum ne agas. Do not do what is already done.
Actum ne agas. Do not do what is already done.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)
Printed page 9 · quotation 2 · Terence · Phormio. II. 3. 72.
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