I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.
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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Moderation in all things.
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I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.
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I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.
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You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.
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Where there’s life, there’s hope.
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I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.
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Of my friends I am the only one left.
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Too much liberty corrupts us all.
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What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!
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They are so knowing, that they know nothing.
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So many men, so many opinions.
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I do not give money for just mere hopes.
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