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Plautus Biography

Titus Maccius Plautus (/ˈplɔːtəs/; c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus. The word Plautine /ˈplɔːtaɪn/ refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his.

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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.

Guard, Taken

How great in number are the little minded men

Littles, Men, Minded, Number, Numbers

You drown him by your talk.

Drown, Speech, Talk

He is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.

Friend, Friend In Need, Friendship, Needs, Proves

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

Cunning, Drinking, Feet, Funny, Wine, Wrestler

A woman without paint is like food without salt.

Food, Paint, Salt, Without Pain, Woman

Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat. , Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali. ]

Battle, Bonus, Courage, Danger, Mali

Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat. , Adolescentem verecundum esse decet. ]

Adolescentem, Esse, Man, Men, Modesty, Young

It is best to know the worst at once.

Know, Knows, Worst

If you want to do something, do it!

Motivational, Want, Wise

Worthy things happen to the worthy.

Happen, Happens, Perseverance, Things, Worthy

Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.

Bitterness, Honey, Life, Satiety, Taste

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

Expense, Expenses, Gain, Gains, Seeks

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself. ]

Dangerously, Grief, Meals, Seasoned, Stores

The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.

Cost, Eaten, Fool, Substance, Too Late

He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.

Expense, Expenses, Happy, Wisdom

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability

Ability, Attained, Wisdom, Years

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

Conqueror, Conquerors, Forever, Masters, Men, Soul

Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.

Against, Gold, Life, Lover, Weight

This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. [Lat. , Magnum hoc vitium vino est, Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est. ]

Captat, Evil, Feet, Lat, Vitium, Wine

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