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
greek gorges drink
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
blessing appreciate lost
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
money making-money
You must spend money to make money.
animal men
Man is no man, but a wolf
motivational success animal
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
wise wise-words sufficient
A word to the wise is sufficient
latin god-love young
He whom the Gods love dies young.
ears way tongue
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.
believe eye world
One eye-witness weighs more than ten hearsays — Seeing is believing all the world over.
men numbers littles
How great in number are the little minded men
hope wish
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
motivational want ifs
If you want to do something, do it!
pain pleasure
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
men two sailing
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.