Who wishes to give himself an abundance of business let him equip these two things, a ship and a woman. For no two things involve more business, if you have begun to fit them out. Nor are these two things ever sufficiently adorned, nor is any excess of adornment enough for them.
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. - Plautus
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
- Plautus
Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears. [La… - Plautus
Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears. [La…
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. - Plautus
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. - Plautus
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
If you speak insults you will hear them also. - Plautus
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. - Plautus
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
A man with courage has every blessing. - Plautus
A man with courage has every blessing.
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away. - Plautus
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person? - Plautus
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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