He whom the Gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Dying, Death
‘He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
The great evil of wine is that it first seizes the feet, it is a crafty wrestler.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Wine
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Friendship, Friends, Wisdom, Advice
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Courage
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Gossip
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: One liners, Difficulty, Patience
That man is wise to some purpose who gains his wisdom at the expense and from the experience of another.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Experience
Courage in danger is half the battle.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Warfare, Courage, Danger, Bravery
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Aid, Help, Assistance
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Discipline, Self-Control
Your wealth is where your friends are.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Mistakes, Failures, Friendship
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Contentment
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Bravery, Courage, Evil
If you lend a person money it becomes lost for any purposes of your own.—When you ask for it back again, you find a friend made an enemy by your own kindness.—If you begin to press still further, either you must part with what you have lent or else you must lose your friend.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
The day, water, sun, moon, night—I do not have to purchase these things with money.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Money
No man is wise enough by himself.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Friendship, Wisdom
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Blessings, Goals, Aspirations
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Remembrance
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Talent
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.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Slander, Insults
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: One liners, Guilt
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: One liners
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Hope
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Friendship
Where there are friends there is wealth.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Wealth
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Loss, Reality
If you are but content you have enough to live upon with comfort.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Contentment
Ones oldest friend is the best.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Friends and Friendship
Laws are subordinate to custom.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Topics: Custom
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Ennius Roman Poet
- Terence Roman Comic Dramatist
- Cornelius Nepos Roman Historian
- Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato) Roman Statesman
- Pliny the Younger Roman Senator, Writer
- Virgil Roman Poet
- Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Roman Stoic Philosopher
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman Poet
- Quintilian Roman Rhetorician, Literary Critic
- Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) Roman Statesman, Poet
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