Terence Quotes

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.

Moderation in all things.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

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

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

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

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

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

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

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

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

Their silence is enough praise.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

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

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

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

So many men, so many opinions

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

She never was really charming till she died.

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