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254 BC–184 BC
Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC – 184 BC), born at Sarsina, Emilia-Romagna, was a comic playwright in the time of the Roman Republic. The years of his life are uncertain, but his plays were first produced between about 205 BC and 184 BC.
Also known as: Truculentus
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
One eyewitness weighs more than ten hearsays. Seeing is believing, all the world over.
To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.
Oh, are not the pleasures in life, in this daily round, trifling compared with the pains!
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment.
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
For a brothel-keeper a lover is like a fish: he's no good unless he's fresh.
The chap that endures hard knocks bravely enjoys a soft time later on.
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
For I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
I say, Libanus, what a poor devil a chap in love is!
A woman smells sweetest when she smells of nothing.
In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
Love is very fruitful both of honey and gall.
Nothing so wretched as a guilty conscience.
Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.
It is better to learn from the mistakes of others than that others should learn from you.
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