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
kindness favors ill
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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.
obscurity talent highest
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
complaints
Always bring money along with your complaints.
character may disgrace
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
men despised relative
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
men
All men love themselves.
shame lost
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
abuse looks calumny
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
deception trying protect
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.
remembrance remember
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
wings flying aviation
Without feathers it isn't easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers. [Lat., Sine pennis volare hau facilest: meae alae pennas non habent.] [Alt., Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.]
hornets contention
You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
delay annoying
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend. [Lat., Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius.]