Top 270 Quotes & Sayings by Plautus
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Roman playwright Plautus.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Conquered, we conquer.
A word to the wise is enough.
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
Flight without feathers is not easy.
The evil that we know is best.
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
Where there are friends there is wealth.
Laws are subordinate to custom.
Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
No blessing lasts forever.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
You must spend money to make money.
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
'He means well' is useless unless he does well.
For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
No man is wise enough by himself.
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
Your wealth is where your friends are.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
How great in number are the little minded men.
Let deeds match words.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
It is well for one to know more than he says.
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
[Lat., Nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem.]
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
A word to the wise is sufficient
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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