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
shame lost
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
abuse looks calumny
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
deception trying protect
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.
remembrance remember
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
wings flying aviation
Without feathers it isn't easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers. [Lat., Sine pennis volare hau facilest: meae alae pennas non habent.] [Alt., Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.]
hornets contention
You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
delay annoying
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend. [Lat., Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius.]
wisdom thinking
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
disappointment benefits bitter
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
enemy rumor different
Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.
men forever soul
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
men enemy scandal
For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.
ears tongue should
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.
speech way beats
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.