Top quotes by Terence

Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up. Votes: 13

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad. Votes: 13

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. Votes: 10

You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time. Votes: 9

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love. Votes: 7

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong. Votes: 7

Charity begins at home. Votes: 7

Moderation in all things. Votes: 7

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing. Votes: 6

While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse. Votes: 6

Of my friends I am the only one left. Votes: 6

The anger of lovers renews their love. Votes: 5

I do not give money for just mere hopes. Votes: 5

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy. Votes: 5

Fortune favors the brave. Votes: 5

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness. Votes: 4

How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for. Votes: 4

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion. Votes: 4

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it. Votes: 4

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly. Votes: 4

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own. Votes: 3

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." Votes: 3

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me. Votes: 3

Fortune helps the brave. Votes: 3

Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me. Votes: 3

How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by custom? Votes: 3

They are so knowing, that they know nothing. Votes: 2

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief. Votes: 2

Da man nicht tun kann, was man will, muss man das wollen, was man tun kann. Votes: 1

As many opinions as there are men; each a law to himself. Votes: 0

I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me. Votes: 0

In fact nothing is said that has not been said before. Votes: 0

It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms. Votes: 0

It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests. Votes: 0

She never was really charming till she died. Votes: 0

The less my hope, the hotter my love Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Their silence is enough praise. Votes: 0

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. Votes: 0

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty. Votes: 0

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves. Votes: 0

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. Votes: 0

While the mind is in doubt, it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse. Votes: 0