PlautusIf I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.361Humanity
PlautusWhere there are friends there is wealth.351Life
PlautusI much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.374Humanity
PlautusLet us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.352Reading
PlautusTo an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.341Truth
PlautusWomen have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.343Sadness
PlautusThings which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. ✨ Mostellaria act 1, sc. 3, l. 40 See Robert Burns 3; Dickens 67; Disraeli 7; Modern Prove… ▶333Hope
PlautusHe is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need. ✨ Titus Maccius Plautus, Richard Warner (1772). Comedies of Plautus: Menaechmi. Epidicus. Mostellaria. Pseudolus, … ▶377Death
PlautusCourage easily finds its own eloquence.366Sadness
PlautusHe whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.301DeathLove
PlautusThis is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.301Hope
PlautusWisdom is not attained by years, but by ability367Philosophy
PlautusI seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.324Sadness
PlautusLove has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.291LoveTime
PlautusNot by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. ✨ Trinummus. Play by Plautus, Act II, sc. 2, line 88,3710Philosophy
PlautusIt is much easier to begin than to end.271Reading
PlautusHow great in number are the little minded men304Thought
PlautusFor I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed. ✨ Rudens by Plautus, II. 3. 69; Mostellaria, Act I, … ▶304Hope
PlautusProperty is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mank… ▶283DeathHumanityLife
PlautusThe poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.272Politics
PlautusNothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt. ✨ Mostellaria. Play by Plautus, Act III. 1. 13,294Thought
PlautusWorthy things happen to the worthy.283Time
PlautusSpice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.294Love
PlautusNever speak ill of an absent friend. ✨ Plautus (2007). The Rope and Other Plays, p.182, Penguin UK261Reading
PlautusMan is no man, but a wolf ✨ Titus Maccius Plautus, David R. Slavitt, Smith Palmer Bovie (1995). Plautus: The Comedies, p.9, JHU Press272Death
PlautusMan is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.329Time
PlautusWhat is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. ✨ Titus Maccius Plautus (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Plautus (Illustrated), p.1307, Delphi Classics3310Thought
PlautusHe whom the Gods love dies young. ✨ Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). Comedies: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Notes, p.191307DeathLove
PlautusFind me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold. ✨ Titus Maccius Plautus (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Plautus (Illustrated), p.468, Delphi Classics252Love
PlautusFlying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers. ✨ Plautus: The little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The ro.263Sadness
