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Plautus

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It well becomes a young man to be modest.


— Plautus


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Laws are subordinate to custom.


— Plautus


#laws #subordinate

Let deeds match words.


— Plautus


#match #words

No blessing lasts forever.


— Plautus


#forever #lasts

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.


— Plautus


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No man is wise enough by himself.


— Plautus


#himself #man #wise

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.


— Plautus


#age #capacity #wisdom

Persevere in virtue and diligence.


— Plautus


#persevere #virtue

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


#conduct #death #delay #fangs #grinning

The evil that we know is best.


— Plautus


#evil #know






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Did you know about Plautus?

At the same time the Roman Republic was expanding in power and influence. His acting talent was eventually discovered; and he adopted the names "Maccius" (a clownish stock-character in popular farces) and "Plautus" (a term meaning either "flat-footed" or "flat-eared" like the ears of a hound). Although modern technology has allowed classicists to view much of the effaced material plays beginning in letters early in the alphabet have very poor texts (e.

: /ˈplɔːtaɪn/) refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. Titus Maccius Plautus (c.

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