Terence

Film & Theater Rome 185 – 159 100 quotes

Roman adapter of Greek New Comedy, Terence's elegant Latin offered quotable social observations.

Quotes by Terence

Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.

Heauton Timorumenos

Fortes fortuna adiuvat.

Phormio

Quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos.

Phormio

Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.

Andria

Amantium irae amoris integratio est.

Andria

Inceptio est amentium, non fortium.

Eunuchus

Ne quid nimis.

Andria

Veritas odium parit.

Andria

Nil dictum quod non sit dictum prius.

Eunuchus

Hinc illae lacrimae.

Andria

Flattery creates friends, truth creates enemies.

Andria

I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

Heauton Timorumenos

Fortune favors the brave.

Phormio

So many men, so many opinions; each has his own way.

Phormio

Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love.

Andria

This is the source of those tears.

Andria

Nothing in excess.

Andria

Truth begets hatred.

Andria

There is nothing said that has not been said before.

Eunuchus

An undertaking for madmen, not for brave men.

Eunuchus