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"Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?"
Terence / Andria. The Prologue. 17.
Andria. The Prologue. 17.
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"Of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth."
Terence / Andria. Act i. Sc. 1, 45. (72.)
Andria. Act i. Sc. 1, 45. (72.)
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"Hence these tears."
Terence / Andria. Act i. Sc. 1, 99. (126.)
Andria. Act i. Sc. 1, 99. (126.)
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"That is a true proverb which is wont to be commonly quoted, that "all had rather it were well for themselves than for another.""
Terence / Andria. Act ii. Sc. 5, 15. (426.)
Andria. Act ii. Sc. 5, 15. (426.)
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"The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love."
Terence / Andria. Act iii. Sc. 3, 23. (555.)
Andria. Act iii. Sc. 3, 23. (555.)
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"Look you, I am the most concerned in my own interests."
Terence / Andria. Act iv. Sc. 1, 12. (636.)
Andria. Act iv. Sc. 1, 12. (636.)
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"In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before."
Terence / Eunuchus. The Prologue. 41.
Eunuchus. The Prologue. 41.
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"It is up with you; all is over; you are ruined."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act i. Sc. 1, 9. (54.)
Eunuchus. Act i. Sc. 1, 9. (54.)
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"If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act i. Sc. 2, 96. (176.)
Eunuchus. Act i. Sc. 2, 96. (176.)
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"Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a difference there is between a wise person and a fool!"
Terence / Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 1. (232.)
Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 1. (232.)
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"I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 12. (243.)
Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 12. (243.)
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"There are vicissitudes in all things."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 45. (276.)
Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 45. (276.)
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"The very flower of youth."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 3, 28. (319.)
Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 3, 28. (319.)
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"I did not care one straw."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 1, 21. (411.)
Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 1, 21. (411.)
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"Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 5, 2. (550.)
Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 5, 2. (550.)
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"This and a great deal more like it I have had to put up with."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 8. (746.)
Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 8. (746.)
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"Take care and say this with presence of mind."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 31. (769.)
Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 31. (769.)
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"It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 19. (789.)
Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 19. (789.)
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"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."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 42. (812.)
Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 42. (812.)
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"I took to my heels as fast as I could."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 5. (844.)
Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 5. (844.)
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"Many a time, . . . from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 34. (873.)
Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 34. (873.)
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"I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper."
Terence / Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 7, 4. (1028.)
Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 7, 4. (1028.)
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"I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me."
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 1, 25. (77.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 1, 25. (77.)
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"This is a wise maxim, "to take warning from others of what may be to your own advantage.""
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 2, 36. (210.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 2, 36. (210.)
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"That saying which I hear commonly repeated,--that time assuages sorrow."
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iii. Sc. 1, 12. (421.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iii. Sc. 1, 12. (421.)
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"Really, you have seen the old age of an eagle, as the saying is."
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iii. Sc. 2, 9. (520.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iii. Sc. 2, 9. (520.)
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"Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it."
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 1, 53. (666.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 1, 53. (666.)
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"Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking."
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 2, 8. (675.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 2, 8. (675.)
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"What now if the sky were to fall?"
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 3, 41. (719.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 3, 41. (719.)
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"Rigorous law is often rigorous injustice."
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 5, 48. (796.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 5, 48. (796.)
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"There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance."
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 6, 1. (805.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 6, 1. (805.)
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"How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!"
Terence / Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 7, 11. (839.)
Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 7, 11. (839.)
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"Fortune helps the brave."
Terence / Phormio. Act i. Sc. 4, 25. (203.)
Phormio. Act i. Sc. 4, 25. (203.)
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"It is the duty of all persons, when affairs are the most prosperous, then in especial to reflect within themselves in what way they are to endure adversity."
Terence / Phormio. Act ii. Sc. 1, 11. (241.)
Phormio. Act ii. Sc. 1, 11. (241.)
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"As many men, so many minds; every one his own way."
Terence / Phormio. Act ii. Sc. 4, 14. (454.)
Phormio. Act ii. Sc. 4, 14. (454.)
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"As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears."
Terence / Phormio. Act iii. Sc. 2, 21. (506.)
Phormio. Act iii. Sc. 2, 21. (506.)
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"I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself."
Terence / Adelphoe. Act iii. Sc. 3, 61. (415.)
Adelphoe. Act iii. Sc. 3, 61. (415.)
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"According as the man is, so must you humour him."
Terence / Adelphoe. Act iii. Sc. 3, 77. (431.)
Adelphoe. Act iii. Sc. 3, 77. (431.)
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"It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends."
Terence / Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 3, 18. (803.)
Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 3, 18. (803.)
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"What comes from this quarter, set it down as so much gain."
Terence / Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 3, 30. (816.)
Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 3, 30. (816.)
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"It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests."
Terence / Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 8, 30. (953.)
Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 8, 30. (953.)
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