The 260+ Plautus Quotes

A Mouse Relies Not Solely On One Hole.

A Woman Smells Well When She Smells Of Nothing.

I Count Him Lost, Who Is Lost To Shame.

The Mind Is Hopeful; Success Is In God's Hands. [lat., Sperat Quidem Animus: Quo Eveniat, Diis In Manu Est.]

Slander-mongers And Those Who Listen To Slander, If I Had My Way, Would All Be Strung Up, The Talkers By The Tongue, The Listeners By The Ears.

Modesty Should Accompany Youth.

He Who Tries To Protect Himself From Deception Is Often Cheated, Even When Most On His Guard.

That Least Pleases Us Which Is Most Urged On Us.

It Is Common To Forget A Man And Slight Him If His Good Will Cannot Help You.

Fortune Moulds And Circumscribes Human Affairs As She Pleases. [lat., Fortuna Humana Fingit Artatque Ut Lubet.]

We Should Try To Succeed By Merit, Not By Favor. He Who Does Well Will Always Have Patrons Enough. [lat., Virtute Ambire Oportet, Non Favitoribus. Sat Habet Favitorum Semper, Qui Recte Facit.]

What Is Thine Is Mine, And All Mine Is Thine. [lat., Quod Tuum'st Meum'st; Omne Meum Est Autem Tuum.]