Plautus
Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus, commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus. The word Plautine /ˈplɔːtaɪn/ refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPlaywright
football use mortals
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
today tomorrow
Feast today makes fast tomorrow
gratitude wrath giving
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.
fire temptation addresses
When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.
lying hot
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
nuts cracks shells
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
independent heaven soul
Confidence begets confidence. Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. Courage in danger is half the battle.
our-words pouring labor
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.]
women anger males
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. [Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.]
women dumb age
I know that we women are all justly accounted praters; they say in the present day that there never was in any age such a wonder to be found as a dumb woman. [Lat., Nam multum loquaces merito omnes habemus, Nec mutam profecto repertam ullam esse Hodie dicunt mulierem ullo in seculo.]
chips
You will not be a chip the richer.
ego shame lost
I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
soul commanders my-own
I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]
speech
You drown him by your talk.