More quotes from Terence

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.

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

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She ne’er was really charming till she died.

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

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

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

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Moderation in all things.

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Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

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

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

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Fortune favors the brave.

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

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

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

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Their silence is praise enough.

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

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

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

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Extreme law is often extreme injustice.

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Nothing is said that has not been said before.

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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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The anger of lovers renews their love.

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

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

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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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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.

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What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

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

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

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

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I do not give money for just mere hopes.

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

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Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

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

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