Pump Sieve Quotes by Plautus

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

— Plautus

Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.

— Plautus

I suspect that hunger was my mother.

— Plautus

He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.

— Plautus

He who dies for virtue does not perish.

— Plautus

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

— Plautus

If you speak insults you will hear them also.

— Plautus

No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]

— Plautus

What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you…

— Plautus

Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.

— Plautus

“Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent (How often the greatest talents are shrouded in obscurity)”

— Plautus

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

— Plautus