What did Plautus mean by: Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead. Plautus Playwright · Italy Copy
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.] Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Fortune, Human nature, Impermanence, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Fate, Love, Risk, 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
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Success, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Morality, Reputation, Vigilance, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Appreciation, Loss, Reflection, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
Smooth words in place of gifts. [Lat., Dicta docta pro datis.] Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plautus, Deception, Manipulation, 0 Plautus Playwright · Italy
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
A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
What is your greatest ambition in life?’ ‘To become immortal… and then die. Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
