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

I don't care one straw for the disgrace; my heart is free from care.

Phormio -166

So many men, so many opinions; every one his own way.

Phormio -160

Take care and say this with presence of mind.

Hecyra -165

We are all driven by necessity.

Andria -161

The hatred of relatives is the most violent form of hatred.

Adelphoe -163

It is the nature of a fat man to hate a lean one.

Phormio -166

Old age is an incurable disease.

Adelphoe -160

I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror.

Heauton Timorumenos -165

Moderation in all things.

Andria -161

Love is a tyrant.

Eunuchus -163

The vigor of a man's mind is measured by his fortune.

Phormio -166

What is your advice? To be at war or peace?

Hecyra -165

He who lends gives a friend.

Adelphoe -160

Poverty is the parent of meanness.

Andria -161

The door of opportunity is always open.

Eunuchus -163

A word to the wise is sufficient.

Phormio -166

Friends show their love in times of trouble.

Hecyra -165

The greatest wealth is contentment.

Adelphoe -160

Haste is the enemy of good counsel.

Andria -161

True friends are tested by adversity.

Eunuchus -163