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
courage rewards
Courage is its own reward.
friendship travel house
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
ears way tongue
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.
happens
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
funny drinking wine
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
overcoming reason rejoice
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
hope good-things disappointed
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
love death judging
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
deeds
Let deeds correspond with words. [Lat., Dictis facta suppetant.]
husband wife enemy
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
hornets contention
You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
motivational want ifs
If you want to do something, do it!
envy spiteful wells
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
knows
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.