I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism. Plautus More Quotes by Plautus More Quotes From Plautus He that would eat the nut must crack the shell. Plautus shells cracks nuts Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies. Plautus hot lying Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know. Plautus knows doe men If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead. Plautus gratitude wrath people Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth. Plautus filth ornaments soil Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs! Plautus mortals use football The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost. Plautus cost substance too-late The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight. Plautus talent sight lying He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. Plautus expenses gains It well becomes a young man to be modest. Plautus modest young men Laws are subordinate to custom. Plautus customs subordinates law 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 delay men world To love is human, it is also human to forgive. Plautus forgiveness forgiving love-is Never speak ill of an absent friend. Plautus absent-mindedness friends speak It is well for one to know more than he says. Plautus wells understanding knowledge He that's in love, i' faith, even if he is hungry, isn't hungry at all. Plautus faith-in-love hungry life Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety. Plautus taste honey life I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it. Plautus good-advice advice men Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it. Plautus forget remember men Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead. Plautus wrath giving men
