It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. — Publilius Syrus · Skopia

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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

In the original Latin

Malum est consilium quod mutari non potest.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae · 43 BC

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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