No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives. Plautus More Quotes by Plautus More Quotes From Plautus Smooth words in place of gifts. Plautus smooth A man with courage has every blessing. Plautus blessing men Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears. Plautus gossip tongue ears We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. Plautus pouring our-words labor A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. Plautus males women anger I know that we women are all justly accounted praters; they say in the present day that there never was in any age such a wonder to be found as a dumb woman. Plautus women dumb age This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. Plautus wine evil feet To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there. Plautus ego blow easy Virtue is the highest reward. Virtue truly goes before all things. Liberty, safety, life, property, parents, country, and children are protected and preserved. Virtue has all things in herself; he who has virtue has all things that are good attending him. Plautus safety country children We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. Plautus favors doe trying Let a man who wants to find abundance of employment procure a woman and a ship: for no two things do produce more trouble if you begin to equip them; neither are these two things ever equipped enough. Plautus want men two You drown him by your talk. Plautus speech Modesty becomes a young man. Plautus modesty young men It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. Plautus handsome beauty men He can do most who has most power. Plautus can-do Good things soon find a purchaser. Plautus purchasers good-things What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. Plautus mines friendship The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious. Plautus profit giving men In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. Plautus sports men way There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do. Plautus god
