17 Quotes By Plautus


Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
Plautus on age

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
Plautus on beauty

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
Plautus on best

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
Plautus on birthday

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
Plautus on courage

Courage in danger is half the battle.
Plautus on courage

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
Plautus on courage

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
Plautus on courage

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.
Plautus on death

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
Plautus on friendship

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Plautus on friendship

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
Plautus on health

The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
Plautus on money

You must spend money to make money.
Plautus on money

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
Plautus on patience

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Plautus on wisdom

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
Plautus on wisdom