Publius Terentius Afer (195/185–159 BC), more commonly referred to as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. A Berber born in or near Carthage, his comedies were first performed between 170 BC and 160 BC.
51 quotes found
"Fortes fortuna iuvat"
"Ne quid nimis"
"Veritas odium paret"
"Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?"
"Ne quid nimis."
"Of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth."
"Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit."
"Hinc illae lacrimae."
"That is a true proverb which is wont to be commonly quoted, that "all had rather it were well for themselves than for another.""
"Amantium irae amoris integratio est."
"Look you, I am the most concerned in my own interests."
"Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto."
"Periclum ex aliis facito tibi quod ex usu siet."
"Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus."
"Aquilæ senectus."
"Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it."
"Nil tam difficile est quin quaerendo investigari possit."
"What now if the sky were to fall?"
"Ius summum saepe summa est malitia."
"Aliis si licet, tibi non licet."
"There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly."
"How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!"
"Modo liceat vivere, est spes."
"Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius."
"It is up with you; all is over; you are ruined."
"si istuc crederem/sincere dici, quidvis possem perpeti."
"Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a difference there is between a wise person and a fool!"
"I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want."
"There are vicissitudes in all things."
"The very flower of youth."
"I did not care one straw."
"Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster."
"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus"
"This and a great deal more like it I have had to put up with."
"Take care and say this with presence of mind."
"It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms."
"I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination."
"I took to my heels as fast as I could."
"Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up."
"I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper."
"Fortis fortuna adiuvat."
"It is the duty of all persons, when affairs are the most prosperous, 12 then in especial to reflect within themselves in what way they are to endure adversity."
"Nil est dictu facilius."
"Quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos."
"As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears."
"I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself."
"According as the man is, so must you humor him."
"It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends."
"What comes from this quarter, set it down as so much gain."
"It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests."
"Man sieht das Hirn nicht an der Stirn."