Quotes from Terence

I don't care one straw.

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

Some people ask, "What if the sky were to fall?"

In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.

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

I took to my heels as fast as I could.

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.

FORTES FORTUNA ADIUVAT. (Fortune favors the brave.)

Homo sum humani nil a me alienum puto.(I am a man I hold that nothing human is alien to me.)

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.

I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.

I am a man: I hold that nothing human is alien to me.

Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

Nothing is said which has not been said before.

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

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.

So many men so many questions.

So many men so many questions. (Quot Homines Tot Sententiae)

That is true wisdom, to know how to alter one's mind when occasion demands it.

Their silence is sufficient praise.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.