What did Plautus mean by: As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry. Plautus Playwright · Italy Copy
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Benefits, Disappointment, Injuries, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Abundance, Gratitude, Nature, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Preparation, Timing, Urgency, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Connection, Empathy, Equality, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Accountability, Integrity, Self-reflection, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Deception, Protection, Vulnerability, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Desires, Swiftness, Troubles, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Family, Relationships, Respect, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
