“He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.”
Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.
Curculio, Act I, scene 1, line 55
Curculio (The Weevil)
Quotes from workCurculio
PlautusOriginal 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.
“No blessing lasts forever.”
Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.
Curculio, Act I, scene 3, line 32
Curculio (The Weevil)
