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
wish happens
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
friendship true-friend real-friends
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
composed friendship inhabiting
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
adorned beauty character gift jewels rather
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
men doe knows
Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
home faults looks
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
men excess trouble
In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. [Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]
lying sight talent
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
mother hunger suspects
I suspect that hunger was my mother.
men good-man guilt
All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.
dies favor gods whom
He whom the gods favor dies in youth.
afraid shall
I am always afraid of your 'something shall be done'.
hope pass
Things we do not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.