To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy. — Plautus
To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.
In the original Latin
Simul flare sorbereque haud factu facilest.
184 BC
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Plautus, Titus Maccius. "The Haunted House." Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold, translated by Erich Segal. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 3, sc. 2.
Original citation
Plautus, Titus Maccius. Mostellaria [The Ghost]. c. 193 BC, act 3, sc. 2.