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In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.
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Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
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Some people ask, "What if the sky were to fall?"
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Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?
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Moderation in all things. Not anything in excess.
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Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.
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That is a true proverb which is wont to be commonly quoted, that "all had rather it were well for themselves than for another."
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So many men, so many opinions; every one his own way.
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Look you, I am the most concerned in my own interests.
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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
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There are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own view.
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I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.
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This and a great deal more like it I have had to put up with.
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Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.
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I am human, therefore nothing relating to humanity is outside of my concern.
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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.
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Blessed be the gods, by whose aid things happen that we wouldn't even dare hope for!
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I am human: nothing human is alien to me.
In Latin: Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.
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Take care and say this with presence of mind.
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I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper.
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What comes from this quarter, set it down as so much gain.
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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.
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Extreme law is often extreme injustice.
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Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a difference there is between a wise person and a fool!
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In attacking the present author they are really attacking Naevius, Plautus and Ennius, whom he takes for his models and whose 'carelessness' he would far rather imitate than his critics' dreary pedantry.
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Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, 4 lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster.
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Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
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How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!
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I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
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He is wise who tries everything before arms.
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Born:
185 BC
Died:
159 BC
(aged 26)
Bio:
Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170 160 BC.
Known for:
Adelphoe
Eunuchus
Hecyra
Heauton Timorumenos
Phormio
Most used word:
time
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