Terence Quotes

#1. The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don't get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get.

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#2. They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.

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#3. I am a human being, and thus nothing human is alien to me.

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#4. He makes a great mistake ... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

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#5. I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me.

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#6. So many men, so many opinions.

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#7. Their silence is enough praise.

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#8. We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves.

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#9. Extreme law is often extreme injustice.

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#10. The less my hope, the hotter my love

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#11. You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.

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#12. Their silence is praise enough.

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#13. Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

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#14. How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.

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#15. Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

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#16. There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

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#17. In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.

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#18. I do not give money for just mere hopes.

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#19. I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

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#20. You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

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#21. Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

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#22. I am a human being, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

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#23. What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

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#24. Nothing can be said nowadays which has not already been said

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#25. I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

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#26. Of my friends I am the only one left.

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#27. Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
I am human, and think nothing human alien to me.

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#28. I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.

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#29. It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.

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#30. Too much liberty corrupts us all.

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#31. They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

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#32. How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by custom?

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#33. Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me.

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#34. Fortune favors the brave.

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#35. I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

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#36. How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.

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#37. Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

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#38. While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.

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#39. She ne'er was really charming till she died.

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#40. The anger of lovers renews their love.

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#41. For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.

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#42. Fortune helps the brave.

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#43. As many opinions as there are men; each a law to himself.

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#44. Veritas odium parit. (Truth breeds hatred)

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#45. When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.

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#46. This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

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#47. To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

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#48. Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.

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#49. What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

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#50. We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

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