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
learning life-is thorough
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
holes mice
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
soil filth ornaments
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
shame lost
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
moderation middle
In everything the middle road is best.
remembrance remember
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
smooth
Smooth words in place of gifts. [Lat., Dicta docta pro datis.]
helping fortitude distress
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
eating morrow dies
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. [Lat., Festo die si quid prodegeris, Profesto egere liceat nisi peperceris.]
kindness favors ill
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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.
composed friendship inhabiting
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
obscurity talent highest
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
kindness loss two
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your loan or lose your friend.