Author: Plautus

Quotes

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

- Plautus

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

- Plautus

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

- Plautus

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

- Plautus

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

- Plautus

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

- Plautus

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

- Plautus

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

- Plautus

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

- Plautus

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