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
sadness misery miserable
That's a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing.
friendship men friendly
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
easy excellent easier
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
government easy
It is easy to rule over the good.
men honor honest
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
courage eloquence
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
life falling-in-love fate
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
gains expenses
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
men young modest
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
law customs subordinates
Laws are subordinate to custom.
men delay world
Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.
forgiveness love-is forgiving
To love is human, it is also human to forgive.
friends speak absent-mindedness
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
knowledge wells knows
It is well for one to know more than he says