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
wisdom thinking
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
disappointment benefits bitter
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
enemy rumor different
Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.
men forever soul
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
men enemy scandal
For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.
ears tongue should
Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.
speech way beats
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
strength stronger succeed
The stronger always succeeds.
hands suffering fists
If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.
water digging thirst
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
men kind wealth
I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
wine wrestler cunning
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
moderation middle
In everything the middle road is best.
eating morrow dies
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. [Lat., Festo die si quid prodegeris, Profesto egere liceat nisi peperceris.]