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195 BC–159 BC
Publius Terentius Afer (195/185–159 BC), more commonly referred to as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. A Berber born in or near Carthage, his comedies were first performed between 170 BC and 160 BC.
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Excess in nothing,—this I regard as a principle of the highest value in life.
We all, when we are well, give good advice to the sick.
I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
I know the nature of women. When you will, they will not; when you will not, they come of their own accord.
Human nature is so constituted that all see and judge better in the affairs of other people than in their own.
Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.
It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.
That is a true proverb which is wont to be commonly quoted, that "all had rather it were well for themselves than for another."
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.
How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!
What comes from this quarter, set it down as so much gain.
Omnia prius experiri verbis quam armis sapientem decet.
As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears.
Of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth.
It is up with you; all is over; you are ruined.
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto.
There is nothing so easy in itself but grows difficult when it is performed against one's will.
True wisdom consists not in seeing what is immediately before our eyes, but in foreseeing what is to come.
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.
There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong conduct appear right.
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