Plautus Quotes
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Plautus Famous Quotes & Sayings
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
[Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!]
[Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!]
Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum - there are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
Man's fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
[Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.]
[Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.]
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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.
the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
[Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]
[Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.]
[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.]
There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience.
[Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]
[Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]