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

About Terence

Publius Terentius Afer ( c. 195/185 – c. 159? BC), better known in English as Terence (), was a playwright during the Roman Republic.

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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.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

She ne’er was really charming till she died.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

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Roman comic playwright

Moderation in all things.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Fortune favors the brave.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Their silence is praise enough.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

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Roman comic playwright

Extreme law is often extreme injustice.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Where there’s life, there’s hope.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

The anger of lovers renews their love.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

To touch a sore is to renew one’s grief.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Of my friends I am the only one left.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

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Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

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Roman comic playwright

So many men, so many opinions.

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Roman comic playwright

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

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Roman comic playwright

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

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Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Terence

Roman comic playwright

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

Terence

Roman comic playwright