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Really, you have seen the old age of an eagle, as the saying is.

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It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

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If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.

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

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It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.

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Without Ceres (bread) and Bacchus (wine) Venus (love) freezes.

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Terence

Terence
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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:
  1. Adelphoe
  2. Eunuchus
  3. Hecyra
  4. Heauton Timorumenos
  5. Phormio
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