“Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears. [Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]” ShouldEarsTongueFormerLatterGossipGood WillSlander Author:Plautus
“Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow their wild oats, where they would not spring up.” MenGrowthSpringCome UpPostsElsewhereFourthHarvestWheatMinusOatsReddit Author:Plautus
“Know not what you know, and see not what you see. [Lat., Etiam illud quod scies nesciveris; Ne videris quod videris.]” KnowsIgnorance Author:Plautus
“To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there. [Lat., Simul flare sorbereque haud facile Est: ego hic esse et illic simul, haud potui.]” EasyEgoBlowImpossibilityFlare Author:Plautus
“We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus. Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]” ShouldTryingWellsDoeEnoughSucceedFavorsMeritSatPatron Author:Plautus
“In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. [Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]” MenCoursesTroubleMiddleAll ThingsExcessModerationExesOptimum Author:Plautus
“Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]” MenYoungYoung ManModesty Author:Plautus
“There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records?” ThinkingTryingRecordsSellsAlbumsCriticalImpressAcclaim Author:Ellie Goulding
