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href="/wiki/File:Terence_cropped.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Terence_cropped.png/220px-Terence_cropped.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Terence_cropped.png/330px-Terence_cropped.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Terence_cropped.png 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>I am human, I consider nothing human alien to me.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houghton_Inc_473_-_Terence,_Works.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Houghton_Inc_473_-_Terence%2C_Works.jpg/220px-Houghton_Inc_473_-_Terence%2C_Works.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" 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A Berber born in or near Carthage, his comedies were first performed between 170 BC and 160 BC. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masks_pushkin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Masks_pushkin.jpg/220px-Masks_pushkin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Masks_pushkin.jpg/330px-Masks_pushkin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Masks_pushkin.jpg/440px-Masks_pushkin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1172" data-file-height="982" /></a><figcaption>Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Andria_(The_Lady_of_Andros)"><span id="Andria_.28The_Lady_of_Andros.29"></span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andria_(comedy)" class="extiw" title="w:Andria (comedy)">Andria</a></i> (<i>The Lady of Andros</i>)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Andria (The Lady of Andros)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all? <ul><li>The Prologue, line 17.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Ne quid nimis.</i> <ul><li><b>Moderation in all things.</b> (<b>Not anything in excess</b>, a translation from the Greek <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_phrases#Μμ" class="extiw" title="w:List of Greek phrases"> μηδὲν ἄγαν. "Nothing in excess"</a> as inscribed on the Temple of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" class="extiw" title="w:Apollo"> Apollo</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi" class="extiw" title="w:Delphi"> Delphi</a>.) <ul><li>Line 61.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth. <ul><li>Act I, scene 1, line 45 (72).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.</i> <ul><li>Obsequiousness begets friends, truth hatred. <ul><li>Act I, scene i, Line 41</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Hinc illae lacrimae.</i> <ul><li>Hence these tears. <ul><li>Line 126.</li></ul></li> <li>Variant translation: Hence all those tears shed.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>That is a true proverb which is wont to be commonly quoted, that "all had rather it were well for themselves than for another." <ul><li>Act II, scene 5, line 15 (426).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Amantium irae amoris integratio est.</i> <ul><li>Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love.</li> <li>Act III, scene 3, line 23 (555).</li> <li>Variant translation: Lovers’ rows make love whole again.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Look you, I am the most concerned in my own interests. <ul><li>Act IV, scene 1, line 12 (636).</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heauton_Timorumenos_(The_Self-Tormentor)"><span id="Heauton_Timorumenos_.28The_Self-Tormentor.29"></span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heauton_Timorumenos" class="extiw" title="w:Heauton Timorumenos">Heauton Timorumenos</a></i> (<i>The Self-Tormentor</i>)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto.</i> <ul><li><b>I am human, I consider nothing human alien to me.</b> <ul><li>Act I, scene 1, line 25 (77).</li></ul></li> <li>Variant translations:</li> <li>I am a human and consider nothing human alien to me.</li> <li>I am human, I consider nothing human to be alien to me.</li> <li>I am human, therefore nothing relating to humanity is outside of my concern.</li> <li>I am a man; I consider nothing human alien to me.</li> <li>I am a man, I regard nothing that is human alien to me.</li> <li>I am a man, I count nothing human foreign to me.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Periclum ex aliis facito tibi quod ex usu siet.</i> <ul><li>Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself. <ul><li>Act I, scene 2, line 37 (211).</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus.</i> <ul><li>Time removes distress. <ul><li>Act III, scene 1, line 12 (421).</li></ul></li> <li>Variant translations:</li> <li><b>Time heals all wounds.</b></li> <li>Time assuages sorrow.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Aquilæ senectus</i>. <ul><li>Really, you have seen the old age of an eagle, as the saying is (i.e., a vigorous old age). <ul><li>Act III, scene 2, line 9 or 10 (520).</li> <li>Cited in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/classicalforeign00king/page/18/mode/2up"><i>Classical and Foreign Quotations</i></a> (1904), no. 143</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it. <ul><li>Act IV, scene 1, line 53 (666).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Nil tam difficile est quin quaerendo investigari possit.</i> <ul><li><b>Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.</b> <ul><li>Act IV, scene 2, line 8 (675).</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>What now if the sky were to fall? <ul><li>Act IV, scene 3, line 41 (719).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Ius summum saepe summa est malitia.</i> <ul><li><b>Extreme law is often extreme injustice.</b> <ul><li>Act IV, scene 5, line 48 (796).</li></ul></li> <li>Variant translations:</li> <li>The highest law is often the greatest wrong.</li> <li>Extreme justice is often extreme malice.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Aliis si licet, tibi non licet. </i> <ul><li><b>Some might, but not you.</b> <ul><li>Act IV, scene 5, line 49 (797).</li></ul></li> <li>Variant translations:</li> <li>Though others were at liberty, you are not at liberty.</li> <li>Even though it is permitted for others, it isn't permitted for you.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. <ul><li>Act IV, scene 6, line 1 (805).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom! <ul><li>Act IV, scene 7, line 11 (839).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Modo liceat vivere, est spes.</i> <ul><li><b>While there's life, there's hope.</b> <ul><li>Line 981.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eunuchus"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuchus" class="extiw" title="w:Eunuchus">Eunuchus</a></i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Eunuchus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius.</i> <ul><li>In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.</li> <li>Prologue, Line 41.</li> <li>Variant translation: Nothing has yet been said that’s not been said before.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It is up with you; all is over; you are ruined. <ul><li>Act I, scene 1, 9, line 54.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>si istuc crederem/sincere dici, quidvis possem perpeti. <ul><li>If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything. <ul><li>Act I, scene 2, 96, line 176.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a difference there is between a wise person and a fool! <ul><li>Act II, scene 2, 1, line 232.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want. <ul><li>Act II, scene 2, 12, line 243.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>There are vicissitudes in all things. <ul><li>Act II, scene 2, 45, line 276.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The very flower of youth. <ul><li>Act II, scene 3, 28, line 319.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I did not care one straw. <ul><li>Act III, scene 1, 21, line 411.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster. <ul><li>Act III, scene 5, 2, line 550.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus</i> <ul><li>Without <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="w:Ceres (mythology)">Ceres</a> (bread) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus" class="extiw" title="w:Dionysus">Bacchus</a> (wine) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="w:Venus (mythology)">Venus</a> (love) freezes.</li> <li>Act IV, scene 1, 1, line 5.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>This and a great deal more like it I have had to put up with. <ul><li>Act IV, scene 6, 8, line 746.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Take care and say this with presence of mind. <ul><li>Act IV, scene 6, 31, line 769.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms. <ul><li>Act IV, scene 7, 19, line 789.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>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. <ul><li>Act IV, scene 7, 42, line 812.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I took to my heels as fast as I could. <ul><li>Act V, scene 2, 5, line 844.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.</b> <ul><li>Act V, scene 2, 34, line 873.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper. <ul><li>Act V, scene 7, 4, line 1028.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phormio"><i>Phormio</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Phormio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Fortis fortuna adiuvat.</i> <ul><li><b>Fortune favours the brave.</b></li> <li>Variant translation: Fortune assists the brave.</li> <li>Act I, scene 4, line 25 (203).</li> <li>Cf. <a href="/wiki/Virgil" title="Virgil">Virgil</a>, <i>Aeneid</i>, Book X, line 284: "Audentes fortuna iuvat."</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It is the duty of all persons, when affairs are the most prosperous, 12 then in especial to reflect within themselves in what way they are to endure adversity. <ul><li>Act II, scene 1, line 11 (241).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Nil est dictu facilius.</i> <ul><li>Nothing is easier to say.</li> <li>Line 300.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos.</i> <ul><li><b>So many men, so many opinions: to each his own way.</b></li> <li>Act II, scene 4, line 14 (454).</li> <li>Variant translations:</li> <li>There are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own view.</li> <li>There are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own correct way.</li> <li>There are as many opinions as there are people: everyone has their own way of doing things.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears. <ul><li>Act III, scene 2, line 21 (506).</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adelphoe_(The_Brothers)"><span id="Adelphoe_.28The_Brothers.29"></span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphoe" class="extiw" title="w:Adelphoe">Adelphoe</a></i> (<i>The Brothers</i>)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Adelphoe (The Brothers)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.</b> <ul><li>Act III, scene 3, line 61 (415).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>According as the man is, so must you humor him.</b> <ul><li>Act III, scene 3, line 77 (431).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.</b> <ul><li>Act V, scene 3, line 18 (803).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>What comes from this quarter, set it down as so much gain. <ul><li>Act V, scene 3, line 30 (816).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests. <ul><li>Act V, scene 8, line 30 (953).</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes_about">Quotes about</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Quotes about"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>as the Roman poet Terence said, “I am human, therefore nothing human is alien to me.” <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Ostriker" title="Alicia Ostriker">Alicia Ostriker</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bass.utdallas.edu/reunion/ostriker/">Interview</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; 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