Plautus Quotes


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.]


Citations

Plautus, Titus Maccius. The Comedies of Plautus. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley, vol. 1, G. Bell and Sons, 1912, p. 434.

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Plautus
Plautus
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  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Playwright

Titus Maccius Plautus (/ˈplɔːtəs/; c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus. The word Plautine /ˈplɔːtaɪn/ refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his.