"I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless As water in a sieve."
— Advice

January 1, 1970

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William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act V, scene 1, line 3. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 10-11.