Some quotes by Publius Terentius Afer also known as Terence
To touch a sore is to renew one’s grief.
You’re a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.
You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly.
I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.
Too much liberty corrupts us all.
While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.
They are so knowing, that they know nothing.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.
Their silence is praise enough.
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
He who cannot do what he wants must make do with what he can.
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 opinions.
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.
Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.
My closest relation is myself.
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.
Fortune helps the brave.
Extreme law is often extreme injustice.
Where there’s life, there’s hope.
There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.