“Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.”
Quote by Plautus
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“The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.”
“To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.”
“They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.”
Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“A special skill, like speaking several languages, or keeping your mouth shut in one.”
“Etc. is a perfect word-when you can't think of the right one.”
“A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order.”
“Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study.”
Source: Words and their meanings
Source: The Story of Language