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

The mind is its own place.

Phormio -166

Lend money to an enemy, and thou wilt gain him.

Hecyra -165

Age is honorable and youth is noble.

Adelphoe -160

The first step to wisdom is silence.

Andria -161

Love makes time pass; time makes love pass.

Eunuchus -163

Fortune favors the bold.

Phormio -166

He who knows not how to dissimulate, knows not how to live.

Hecyra -165

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

Adelphoe -160

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

Andria -161

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibration of beauty.

Eunuchus -163

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Phormio -166

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

Hecyra -165

The love of money is the root of all evil.

Adelphoe -160

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Andria -161

The best mirror is an old friend.

Eunuchus -163

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

Phormio -166

The greatest glory is in rising every time we fall.

Hecyra -165

To be free is nothing; to become free is everything.

Adelphoe -160

The heart that loves is always young.

Andria -161

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Eunuchus -163