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Plautus Quotes

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.

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Also known as: Truculentus

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Man proposes, God disposes. (translated by Thornton)

A word to the wise is enough.

Bibite ! pergraecamini ! Este ! effercite vos !

Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow their wild oats, where they would not spring up.

What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things—either to lose your loan or lose your friend.

The stronger always succeeds.

No blessing lasts forever.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Plautus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.