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Terence [-170--159] Roman
Rank: 101
Writer, Playwright


Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a Roman playwright during the Roman Republic, of Berber descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC.

Chance, Anger, Dad, Design, Hope



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They are so knowing, that they know nothing.
101
I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.
102
You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly. Hope
103
What harsh judges fathers are to all young men! Dad
104
Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.
105
Too much liberty corrupts us all.
106
The anger of lovers renews their love. Anger
107
In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.
108
You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time. Chance
109
How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.
110
Fortune favors the brave.
111
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.
112
Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist. Design
113
Their silence is praise enough.
114
Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.
115
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.
116
How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for. Chance
117
She ne'er was really charming till she died.
118
Where there's life, there's hope.
119
You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
120
To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.
121
I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.
122
There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.
123
Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.
124
I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.
125
Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.
126
What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.
201
We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.
202
While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.
203
I do not give money for just mere hopes.
204
Of my friends I am the only one left.
205
Nothing is said that has not been said before.
206
Moderation in all things.
207
They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.
208
For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.
209
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
210
So many men, so many opinions.
211
Extreme law is often extreme injustice.
212
This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.
213
I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.
214

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