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
sheep conflict far-away
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
names riches enough
If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.
love degrees distraction
It is good to love in a moderate degree; but it is not good to love to distraction.
ravens hands justice
It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.
sea ships common
The sea is certainly common to all.
men firefighter hard
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
men play games
The gods play games with men as balls
greek gorges drink
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
blessing appreciate lost
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
money making-money
You must spend money to make money.
animal men
Man is no man, but a wolf
motivational success animal
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
wise wise-words sufficient
A word to the wise is sufficient
latin god-love young
He whom the Gods love dies young.