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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.
Approximate author period: c. 172 BC · classical
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- Approximate author period: c. 172 BC · classical
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Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 6, 1. (805.)
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