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Curculio

Plautus Original title Curculio (Latin)

Curculio, also called The Weevil, is a Latin comedic play for the early Roman theatre by Titus Maccius Plautus. It is the shortest of Plautus's surviving plays.

“He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.”
Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.

Plautus Curculio

Curculio, Act I, scene 1, line 55
Curculio (The Weevil)

“No blessing lasts forever.”
Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.

Plautus Curculio

Curculio, Act I, scene 3, line 32
Curculio (The Weevil)

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