--- title: "10 Should Quotes By Plautus" description: "10 Should quotes by Plautus. Plus more from Plautus and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/plautus-1263_accompany_modesty-should-accompany-youth-211152_211152.jpg" --- > [Modesty should accompany youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/modesty-should-accompany-youth/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/plautus-1263_accompany_modesty-should-accompany-youth-211152_211152.jpg) > [He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/he-who-accuses-another-of-wrong-should-look-well-into-his-own-conduct/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/plautus-1263_looks_he-who-accuses-another-of-wrong-should-l_1962868.jpg) > [It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/it-is-a-tiresome-way-of-speaking-when-you-should-despatch-the/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/plautus-1263_beats_it-is-a-tiresome-way-of-speaking-when-yo_836116.jpg) > [The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/the-man-who-would-be-fully-employed-should-procure-a-ship-or-a-woman/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/plautus-1263_employed_the-man-who-would-be-fully-employed-shou_65775.jpg) > [It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/it-is-customary-these-days-to-ignore-what-should-be-done-in-favour-of/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/plautus-1263_done_it-is-customary-these-days-to-ignore-wha_2173875.jpg) > [Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/because-those-who-twit-others-with-their-faults-should-look-at-home/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/plautus-1263_faults_because-those-who-twit-others-with-their_2451829.jpg) > [All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/all-good-men-and-women-should-be-on-their-guard-to-avoid-guilt-and/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/plautus-1263_good-man_all-good-men-and-women-should-be-on-thei_1600459.jpg) > [We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. \[Lat., Virtute ambire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/we-should-try-to-succeed-by-merit-not-by-favor-he-who-does-well-will-2/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/plautus-1263_doe_we-should-try-to-succeed-by-merit-not-by_1580993.jpg) > [Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/your-tittle-tattlers-and-those-who-listen-to-slander-by-my-good-will/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7e/plautus-1263_ears_your-tittle-tattlers-and-those-who-liste_1026666.jpg) > [Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/tattletales-and-those-who-listen-to-their-slander-by-my-good-will/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/plautus-1263_ears_tattletales-and-those-who-listen-to-thei_896864.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Plautus > [Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/remind-a-man-of-what-he-remembers-and-you-will-make-him-forget-it/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/arrogance-is-the-outgrowth-of-prosperity/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [I suspect that hunger was my mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/i-suspect-that-hunger-was-my-mother/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/he-is-happy-in-his-wisdom-who-has-learned-at-another-s-expense/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [He who dies for virtue does not perish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/he-who-dies-for-virtue-does-not-perish/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/the-man-who-would-be-fully-employed-should-procure-a-ship-or-a-woman/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [If you speak insults you will hear them also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/if-you-speak-insults-you-will-hear-them-also/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [ No man has perpetual good fortune. \[Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/no-man-has-perpetual-good-fortune-lat-nulli-est-homini-perpetuum-bonum/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/what-you-lend-is-lost-when-you-ask-for-it-back-you-may-find-a-friend/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/things-unhoped-for-happen-oftener-than-things-we-desire/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [“Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent (How often the greatest talents are shrouded in obscurity)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/ut-saepe-summa-ingenia-in-occulto-latent-how-often-the-greatest/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [ You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. \[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/you-little-know-what-a-ticklish-thing-it-is-to-go-to-law-lat-nescis/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [Modesty should accompany youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/modesty-should-accompany-youth/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/it-is-wisdom-to-think-upon-anything-before-we-execute-it/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/a-woman-smells-well-when-she-smells-of-nothing/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plautus/#itemlist", "name": "10 Should Quotes By Plautus", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Modesty should accompany youth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plautus" }, "url": 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