Plautus

Film & Theater Rome 254 – 184 93 quotes

Roman comic playwright whose farces influenced Shakespeare, featuring quotable stock character wit.

Quotes by Plautus

The day brings more problems than the night.

Captivi -200

Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.

Epidicus -210

Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this town.

Miles Gloriosus -195

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.

Asinaria -200

To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.

Mostellaria -205

The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to believe he is rich.

Aulularia -190

A word to the wise is sufficient.

Persa -200

I have a heart but it's not in my chest.

Bacchides -195

The gods give to us all, but we choose what we take.

Trinummus -210

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Rudens -205

He who attempts to do all will waste his time.

Mercator -190

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Pseudolus -200

Money talks, but it doesn't sing and dance.

Aulularia -195

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Truculentus -210

The guest will know what food to eat, without your telling him.

Stichus -200

Perseverance is the mother of success.

Captivi -205

A hungry man is an angry man.

Asinaria -190

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Poenulus -200

All's fair in love and war.

Miles Gloriosus -195

Time heals all wounds.

Epidicus -210