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
waste pumps breaths
To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.
holes mice rely
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
home abuse looks
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
fire next smoke
Fire is next akin to smoke.
men wrath giving
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
good-things purchasers
Good things soon find a purchaser.
can-do
He can do most who has most power.
jam done goodness
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended. [Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis, Plus insciens quis fecit quam prodens boni.]
friendship mines
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. [Lat., Quod tuum'st meum'st; omne meum est autem tuum.]
sports men way
In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. [Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.]
friends deeds dubious
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
evil rewards endure
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
god
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do. [Lat., Est profecto deus, qui, quae nos gerimus, auditque et videt.]
men giving profit
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious. [Lat., Cui homini dii propitii sunt aliquid objiciunt lucri.]