A man is reminded of a memory and then urged to forget it. The quotes warn that wealth can breed arrogance and that speaking insults invites the same words back. They also note that good fortune never lasts forever in a person's life.
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Plautus is a writer from Ancient Rome, best known for Menaechmi.
Quick Facts About Plautus
Nationality
Ancient Rome
Profession
Writer
Notable works
Menaechmi
Known for
Cistellaria, Asinaria, Rudens, Miles gloriosus, Pseudolus
About Plautus
He lived in the Old Latin period and wrote Palliata comoedia, a genre created by Livius Andronicus. The term Plautine describes his works and those influenced by him, and he inspired later writers such as Shakespeare and Molière.
![“You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/541/plautus-1263_eaten_you-have-eaten-a-meal-dangerously-season_3025358.jpg)
![“How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done! [Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b19/plautus-1263_bitter_how-bitter-it-is-to-reap-a-harvest-of-ev_2479307.jpg)
![“He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c06/plautus-1263_gains_he-gains-wisdom-in-a-happy-way-who-gains_1839198.jpg)
![“What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. [Lat., Quod tuum'st meum'st; omne meum est autem tuum.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/23e/plautus-1263_friendship_what-is-thine-is-mine-and-all-mine-is-th_1467004.jpg)
![“The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9f1/plautus-1263_animus_the-mind-is-hopeful-success-is-in-god-s_1467304.jpg)
![“It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage. [Lat., Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e55/plautus-1263_animus_it-does-not-matter-a-feather-whether-a-m_984125.jpg)
![“And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended. [Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis, Plus insciens quis fecit quam prodens boni.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/acb/plautus-1263_done_and-so-it-happens-oft-in-many-instances_891116.jpg)
![“In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. [Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ad2/plautus-1263_all-things_in-everything-the-middle-course-is-best_1003514.jpg)
![“Without feathers it isn't easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers. [Lat., Sine pennis volare hau facilest: meae alae pennas non habent.] [Alt., Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/252/plautus-1263_aviation_without-feathers-it-isn-t-easy-to-fly-my_649996.jpg)
![“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.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/eac/plautus-1263_blow_to-blow-and-to-swallow-at-the-same-time_1594277.jpg)
