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
best
Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
conquer
Conquered, we conquer.
happy-birthday anniversary wedding
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
overcoming reason rejoice
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
hope good-things disappointed
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
hornets contention
You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
our-words pouring labor
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.]
mistake eye weight
One eye-witness is of more weight than ten hearsays. Those who hear, speak of shat they have heard; whose who see, know beyond mistake. [Lat., Pluris est oculatus testis unus, quam auriti decem. Qui audiunt, audita dicunt; qui vident, plane sciunt.]
graves
Food of Acheron. (Grave.) [Lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.]
possession can-not ifs
If you spend a thing you can not have it. [Lat., Non tibi illud apparere si sumas potest.]
shells cracks kernel
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
kindness men purpose
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
traps worms
To snatch the worm from the trap.
holes mice rely
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.