Plautus Quotes

Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)

Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC – 184 BC), born at Sarsina, Emilia-Romagna, was a comic playwright in the time of the Roman Republic. The years of his life are uncertain, but his plays were first produced between about 205 BC and 184 BC.

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Native Name: T. Maccius Plautus

Alternative Names: Titus Maccius Plautus

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[V]irtus praemium est optimum ; virtus omnibus remus anteit profecto : libertas salus vita res et parentes, patria et prognati tutantur, servantur : virtus omnia in sese habet, omnia adsunt bona quem penest virtus.

Oh, are not the pleasures in life, in this daily round, trifling compared with the pains!

Satin parva res est voluptatum in vita atque in aetate agunda praequam quod molestum est?

The face that thou shalt smite in earnest is bound thereafter to be boneless.