Plautus Quotes

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  • How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!

  • I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

  • How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done! [Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!]

  • It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.

  • We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.]

  • Flame is very near to smoke.

    "Curculio". Act I, 1, 53,
  • You drown him by your talk.

  • How great in number are the little minded men

    Men  
  • If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

  • For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.

  • The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.

  • Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability

  • The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

    Men  
  • Man proposes, God disposes.

    Men  
  • What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.

    Titus Maccius Plautus (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Plautus (Illustrated)”, p.1307, Delphi Classics
  • In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.

  • Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?

  • Fire is next akin to smoke.

  • A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

  • If you spend a thing you can not have it. [Lat., Non tibi illud apparere si sumas potest.]

  • What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. [Lat., Quod tuum'st meum'st; omne meum est autem tuum.]

  • I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.

    Men  
    "Bacchides". Play by Plautus,
  • Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

    Men  
  • If you want to do something, do it!

  • Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

    "Mostellaria". Play by Plautus, I. 3. 133, 1866.
  • The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.

    "Trinummus", IV, 2, 162, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 67-69, 1922.
  • He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.

    Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “The comedies of Plautus literally tr., with notes, by H.T. Riley”, p.427
  • A man with courage has every blessing.

    Men  
    Titus Maccius Plautus (2012). “Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives”, p.146, tredition
  • I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

    "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 702, Bacchides, III. 3. 80, 1922.
  • 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.

    Men  
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