Plautus Quotes
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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
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There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Te de aliis, quam alios de te suaviu’st.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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'He means well' is useless unless he does well.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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The face that thou shalt smite in earnest is bound thereafter to be boneless.
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Ego verum amo, verum vol mihi dici : mendacem odi.
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Nihil agit, qui diffidentem verbis solatus suis. Is est amicus, qui in re dubia te juvat, ubi re est opus.
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Cogito, mus pusillus quam sit sapiens bestia, aetatem qui uni cubili nunquam committit suam : quia si unum ostium obsideatur, aliud perfugium gerit.
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Non aetate, verum ingenio apiscitur sapientia.
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Habeus ut nactus ; nota mala res optima’st.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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Pluris est oculatus testis unus, quam auriti decem. Qui audiunt, audita dicunt: qui vident, plane sciunt.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.
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Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium divorti potest, quin, ubi triduum continuum fuerit, jam odiosis siet.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Nam multa praeter spem, scio, multis bona evenisse. At ego etiam qui speraverint, spem decepisse multos.
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How great in number are the little minded men.