Maxioms by Plautus (titus Maccius Plautus)
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Modesty becomes a young man.
[Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]
Modesty becomes a young man.
[Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]
I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]
