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
hands suffering fists
If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.
ravens hands justice
It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.
simple hands unjust
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
success hands hopeful
The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]
beauty men handsome
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. [Lat., Nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem.]
hope good-things disappointed
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
years ability
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
best
Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
composed friendship inhabiting
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
adorned beauty character gift jewels rather
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
political politics doe
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
holes mice
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
lying sight talent
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
soil filth ornaments
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.