Terence
Terence (c. 185 – c. 159 BC), born Publius Terentius Afer, was a Roman comic poet and a playwright, born at Carthage, brought thence as a slave in a Roman family. He was educated by his master, a Roman senator, and set free. He composed plays, adaptations of others in Greek by Menander and Apollodorus who depicted Greek manners for Roman imitation in a pure and perfect Latin style, and with great dramatic skill. He was witty and of graceful manners. He later became a favourite in the fashionable society of the period.Wisdom & Quotes
- Extreme law is often extreme injustice.
- Heauton Timoroumenos ( The Self-Tormentor)
- I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.
- Heauton Timoroumenos ( The Self-Tormentor)
- While there is life, there's hope.
- Heauton Timoroumenos ( The Self-Tormentor)
- Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
- Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
- Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
- Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
- Time heals all wounds.
- Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
- Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.
- Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
- Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.
- Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
- There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
- Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
- Fortune favours the brave.
- Phormio
- So many men, so many opinions: to each his own way.
- Phormio
- Moderation in all things.
- Andria
- My closest relation is myself.
- Andria
- Obsequiousness begets friends, truth hatred.
- Andria
- Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love.
- Andria
- Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
- Eunuchus
- I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.
- Adelphoe (The Brothers)
- According as the man is, so must you humor him.
- Adelphoe (The Brothers)
- It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.
- Adelphoe (The Brothers)
Marcus Tullius Cicero