Plautus Lost Quotations

I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]

I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.