294 Quotes by Plautus

I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]

Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. [Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.]

It is well for one to know more than he says

Man is a wolf to man. [Lat., Homo homini lupus.]

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

One eye-witness weighs more than ten hearsays — Seeing is believing all the world over.

A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.

Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.