294 Quotes by Plautus

Know not what you know, and see not what you see. [Lat., Etiam illud quod scies nesciveris; Ne videris quod videris.]

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

It is much easier to begin than to end.

To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there. [Lat., Simul flare sorbereque haud facile Est: ego hic esse et illic simul, haud potui.]

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.

Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus. Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]