Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
He that's in love, i' faith, even if he is hungry, isn't hungry at all..
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed..
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 wo….
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. [Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.].
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not..
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it..
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers..
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you..
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just..
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas . . . omnes artes perdocet.].
Flame is very near to smoke..
He who dies for virtue does not perish..
It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy..
In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. [Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia o….
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish..
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return..
A woman without paint is like food without salt..
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity..
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives..
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours..
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..