It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. [Lat. , Nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum … - Plautus

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Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing. Life is a wince-a-thon.

Plautus

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. [Lat. , Nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem. ]

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