TTerence

73 collected words

Terence

Life dates: 185 BC — 159 BC

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 172 BC

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty, the smallest impulse directs it to either side.

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02c. 172 BC

Actum ne agas. Do not do what is already done.

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03c. 172 BC

I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me.

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04c. 172 BC

He who cannot do what he wants must make do with what he can.

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05c. 172 BC

Nothing is as valuable to a man as courage.

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06c. 172 BC

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

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07c. 172 BC

Of my friends I am the only one I have left.

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08c. 172 BC

Words gain credibility by deed.

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09c. 172 BC

I am a man nothing human is alien to me.

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10c. 172 BC

I am a man I count nothing human foreign to me.

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11c. 172 BC

The strictest justice is sometimes the greatest injustice.

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12c. 172 BC

Suit your manner to the man.

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13c. 172 BC

So many men so many opinions.

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14c. 172 BC

None of us is ever satisfied with what we are.

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15c. 172 BC

My closest relation is myself.

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16c. 172 BC

As you cannot do what you wish you should wish what you can do.

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17c. 172 BC

I know the nature of women When you want to they don't want to And when you don't want to they desire exceedingly.

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18c. 172 BC

A word to the wise is sufficient.

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19c. 172 BC

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

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20c. 172 BC

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

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21c. 172 BC

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

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22c. 172 BC

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

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23c. 172 BC

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

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24c. 172 BC

The anger of lovers renews their love.

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