Translation Prosody (Latin) Codex Vaticanus 3868 List of slaves Read full biography of Terence →
We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.
I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.
I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.
Their silence is praise enough.
They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.
Extreme law is often extreme injustice.
For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.
In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
She ne'er was really charming till she died.
So many men, so many opinions.
This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.
While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.
Translation Prosody (Latin) Codex Vaticanus 3868 List of slaves