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
shells cracks kernel
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
males possession
Badly gotten, badly spent. [Lat., Male partum, male disperit.]
possession can-not ifs
If you spend a thing you can not have it. [Lat., Non tibi illud apparere si sumas potest.]
art poverty thorough
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas . . . omnes artes perdocet.]
men fortune perpetual
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]
men life-is fortune
Man's fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable. [Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.]
looks should wells
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
ego gold goodness
A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate. [Lat., Bono ingenio me esse ornatam, quam auto multo mavolo. Aurum fortuna invenitur, natura ingenium donum. Bonam ego, quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo.
graves
Food of Acheron. (Grave.) [Lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.]
oil vain lost
I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]
law littles ticklish
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. [Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.]
men
Man is a wolf to man. [Lat., Homo homini lupus.]
mind affliction remedy
A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
traps worms
To snatch the worm from the trap.