The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my days so wretch

The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my days so wretchedly into small portions! — Plautus (c.254-184 BC) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30047352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30047352>