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
learning life-is thorough
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
life falling-in-love fate
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
life hungry faith-in-love
He that is in love, faith, if he be hungry, is not hungry at all.
life taste bitterness
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
life gold weight
Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.
men life-is fortune
Man's fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable. [Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.]
life success money
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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.