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
today tomorrow
Feast today makes fast tomorrow
gratitude wrath giving
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.
fire temptation addresses
When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.
wine feet evil
This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. [Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est, Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.]
mud manners fine
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
loss appreciate comfort
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
grief meals stores
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]
chips
You will not be a chip the richer.
ego shame lost
I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
soul commanders my-own
I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]
speech
You drown him by your talk.
success hands hopeful
The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]
desire trouble knows
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
truth liars hate
I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar. [Lat., Ego verum amo, verum volo mihi dici; mendacem odi.]