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
heaven joy sorrow
It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy.
doe virtue dies
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
girl wise women
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
women perfume
The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
daughter women delay
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
contentment enough ifs
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
friends oldest-friends
Ones oldest friend is the best.
kindness favors ill
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
kindness loss two
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your loan or lose your friend.
obscurity talent highest
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
complaints
Always bring money along with your complaints.
character may disgrace
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
men despised relative
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
men
All men love themselves.