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"He wishes well" is worthless, unless the deed go with it.
"He wishes well" is worthless, unless the deed go with it.
Approximate author period: c. 219 BC · classical
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- Plautus
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- Approximate author period: c. 219 BC · classical
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- Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)
Number 451 · printed citation: Plautus
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