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
ears way tongue
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.
believe eye world
One eye-witness weighs more than ten hearsays — Seeing is believing all the world over.
men numbers littles
How great in number are the little minded men
hope wish
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
motivational want ifs
If you want to do something, do it!
pain pleasure
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
men two sailing
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
wisdom expenses
He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.
family men unwelcome
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
helping fortitude distress
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
rich become-rich dues
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
income exceed expenditures
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
law littles uncertain
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
youth modesty should
Modesty should accompany youth.