Quotes by
Plautus |
c. 254-184 BC , Roman playwright
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. His genre was Palliata comoedia.
He wrote around 130 plays,of which 20 have survived intact. His comedies are mostly adapted from Greek playwrights and most are placed in Greece.
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Quotations
| • | Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt. |
| • | Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception. |
| • | He who seeks profit must first make an expenditure. |
| • | Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. |
| • | A woman who is generous to her lover is not generous enough to herself. |
| • | Courage easily finds its own eloquence. |
Latin Quotes
| • | The mouse does not rely on just one hole. Mus uni non fidit antro. 53 |
