In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. Plautus More Quotes by Plautus More Quotes From Plautus I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. Plautus triflesesteemguilt For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead. Plautus doemenenemy It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush. Plautus beatsspeechway The stronger always succeeds. Plautus strongersucceedstrength If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. Plautus fistssufferinghands Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire. Plautus troubleknowsdesire The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. Plautus hopefulsuccesshands That least pleases us which is most urged on us. Plautus please He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. Plautus fatefalling-in-lovelife Courage easily finds its own eloquence. Plautus eloquencecouragelife You will not be a chip the richer. Plautus chips You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.] Plautus storesmealsgrief One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers. Plautus gossipwitnesseye Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold. Plautus weightgoldlife That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not. Plautus knows Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud. Plautus garmentsmudmanners To make any gain some outlay is necessary. Plautus gains To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly. Plautus unjustsimplehands We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us. Plautus vexendureshame I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar. Plautus hatetruthliars
