Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUS

Known See Yourself
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man is no man, but a wolf.
PLAUTUS

Animal Man Wolf
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage is its own reward.
PLAUTUS

Courage One Liner Reward
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUS

Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

More Plautus Quotes