Terence Quotations

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

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

It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.

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

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

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.

She ne'er was really charming till she died

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

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

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

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.

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.

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

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.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Of my friends I am the only one left.

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

While the mind is in doubt, it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

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

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

So many men, so many opinions; everyone his own way.

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

I still think earnings reports are going to be very good, ... I think we're getting to the end of rate hike situation on the part of the Fed.

You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly.

As a person is so must you humor them.

I'm very disappointed that after a lot of hard work and a public consultation and the reluctant agreement of Ware residents to approve 70 homes, we are now being asked to approve another 30.

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

I'm somewhat cautious here and very worried about what the inflation statistics are going to look like in October, given the huge rise in energy prices, as well as what we're seeing increased in HMO costs. Right now I think the market is in a rally. It's off the latest low in early August. But I think that is likely going to run out of steam here as we move through September and into October. So I'd be very cautious for the rest of the year once we get into October.

For nowaday deference gets you friends, honesty gets you hated

The less my hope, the hotter my love

Moderation in all things.

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves.

Their silence is enough praise.

Fortune helps the brave.

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.

As many opinions as there are men; each a law to himself.

She never was really charming till she died.

How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by custom?

It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.

I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me.

Charity begins at home.

The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don't get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get.

Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me.

All wives are unjustly slighted for the faults of a few