“For true it is, good oft befalls us when we least expect it. And true it is, that when we trust in hope, we’re often disappointed.”

— Plautus, Rudens

Rudens, Act II, scene 3, line 69
Rudens (The Rope)

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Roman comic playwright of the Old Latin period -254–-184 BC

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