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Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) Quotes
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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
Fell carelessly behind.
Topic: Apparel
Source: Self-Tormentor (act II, sc. 2)
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Fare ye well, and give us your applause.
[Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]
Topic: Applause
Source: last words of several comedies
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Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Topic: Charity
Source: Andria (act IV, sc. 1, 12), (Free translation)
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You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]
Topic: Consistency
Source: Phormio (III, 2, 10)
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We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for ourselves.
[Lat., Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium
Jubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.]
Topic: Example
Source: Adelphi (III, 3, 62)
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No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto
Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]
Topic: Favors
Source: Andria (II, 1, 32)
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From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid ex usu
sit.]
Topic: Gain
Source: Heauton timoroumenos (I, 2)
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I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must
yield to them.
[Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;
Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]
Topic: Habit
Source: Adephi (III, 3, 76)
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How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
Topic: Habit
Source: Heauton timoroumenos (IV, 7, 11)
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The nets not stretched to catch the hawk,
Or kite, who do us wrong; but laid for those
Who do us none at all.
[Lat., Non rete accipitri tenditur, neque miluo,
Qui male faciunt nobis: illis qui nihil faciunt tenditur.]
Topic: Hawks
Source: Phormio (act II, sc. 2, l. 16), (Colman's translation)
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Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Topic: Humility
Source: Phormio (III, 2, 37)
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Knavery's now its own reward.
[Lat., His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.]
Topic: Knavery
Source: Phormio (V, I, 6)
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Give place to your betters.
[Lat., De locum melioribus.]
Topic: Modesty
Source: Phormio (III, 2, 37)
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There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.
Topic: Rumor
Source: Phormio (act IV)
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I go back to those who say: what if the heavens fall?
[Lat., Redeo ad illes qui aiunt: quid si coelum ruat?]
Topic: Sky
Source: Heauton timoroumenos (IV, 3)
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All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more
suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their
conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected.
[Lat., Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt, nescio
quomodo,
Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;
Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi.]
Topic: Suspicion
Source: Adelphi (IV, 3, 14)
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To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time
without coming to a conclusion is the defect.
Topic: Suspicion
Source: Adelphi (IV, 3, 14)
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When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
[Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc
impellitur.]
Topic: Uncertainty
Source: Andria (I, 5, 32)
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As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do.
[Lat., Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest
Id velis quod possis.]
Topic: Wishes
Source: Andria (II, 1, 6)
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Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Topic: Work
Source: Phormio (I, IV, 9), a Greek proverb
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Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
Topic: Work
Source: Phormio (I, IV, 9), a Greek proverb
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