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He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment. [Lat., Quem dii diligunt, Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.] - Bacchides (act IV, 7, 18) [Death : Proverbs] The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.] - Bacchides (I, 2, 36) [Success] I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.] - Bacchides (III, 3, 80) [Shame] How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. [Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!] - Captivi (I, 2, 62) [Obscurity : Proverbs] Fortune moulds and circumscribes human affairs as she pleases. [Lat., Fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet.] - Captivi (II, 2, 54) [Fortune] There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do. [Lat., Est profecto deus, qui, quae nos gerimus, auditque et videt.] - Captivi (II, 2, 63) [God] I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.] - Captivi (III, 5, 24) [Guilt] He who dies for virtue, does not perish. [Lat., Qui per virtutem peritat, non interit.] - Captivi (III, 5, 32) [Virtue] 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.] - Captivi Prologue (XLIV) [Goodness] The gods play games with men as balls. [Lat., Di nos quasi pilas homines habent.] - Captivi Prologue (XXII) [Gods] Conquered, we conquer. [Lat., Victus vincimus.] - Casina (act I, 1) [Conquest] Food of Acheron. (Grave.) [Lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.] - Casina (act II, sc. 1, l. 11) [Graves] He that is in love, faith, if he be hungry, is not hungry at all. [Lat., Qui amat, tamen hercle si esurit, nullum esurit.] - Casina (IV, 2, 16) [Love] Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety. [Lat., Amor et melle et felle est foecundissimus: Gustu dat dulce, amarum ad satietatem usque aggerit.] - Cistellaria (I, 1, 71) [Love] The herd of hirelings. (A venal pack.) [Lat., Grex venalium.] - Cistellaria (IV, 2, 67) [Labor] Flame is very near to smoke. [Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.] - Curculio (act I, 1, 53) [Fire] He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.] - Curculio (I, 1, 55) [Necessity : Proverbs] Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold. [Lat., Auro contra cedo modestum amatorem.] - Curculio (I, 3, 45) [Love] No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.] - Curculis (I, 3, 32) [Fortune] It is well for one to know more than he says. [Lat., Plus scire satius est, quam loqui.] - Epidicus (I, 1, 60) [Knowledge] It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries. [Lat., Sed ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom malis messem metas!] - Epidicus (V, 2, 52) [Disappointment] 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!] - Epidicus (V, 2, 53) [Evil] They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves. [Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum ipsi insaniunt.] - Menoechmi (V, 2, 90) [Insanity] I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.] - Mercator (act V) [Soul] When a man reaches the last stage of life,--without senses or mentality--they say that he has grown a child again. [Lat., Senex cum extemplo est, jam nec sentit, nec sapit; Ajunt solere eum rursum repuerascere.] - Mercator (II, 2, 24) [Age] Displaying page 5 of 8 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8
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