{"id":83949,"date":"2020-10-28T22:14:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T21:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=83949"},"modified":"2023-05-05T22:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T20:01:07","slug":"quotes-of-terence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-terence\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of Terence"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/terence2-400x400.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/terence2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/terence2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/terence2-640x638.jpg 640w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/terence2-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/terence2.jpg 1200w\"                alt=\"Terence\"\n                width=\"250\"\n                height=\"249\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/terence2.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Terence\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Terence            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/publiusz-terencjusz-afer\/\">Terence<\/a> (<em>Publius Terentius Afer<\/em> lived in the years 185\/4 \u2013 159 BCE. It was a Roman comedy writer.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;I know women: when you want, they don&#8217;t want; when you don&#8217;t want to, then they care a lot&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Censen te posse reperir ullam mulierem, quae careat culpa]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: own translation from Polish.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Eunuchus<\/em>, 812-813<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Do you think it&#8217;s possible to find a woman without flaws?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Censen te posse reperir ullam mulierem, quae careat culpa]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: own translation from Polish.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Hecyra<\/em>, 662<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nothing so unjust as an ignorant man, who thinks nothing right but what he himself has done&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Homine imperito numquam quicquam iniustius est, qui, nisi quod ipse fecit, nil rectum putat]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Adelphoe<\/em>, 98-99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;How is man unequal to man!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Homini homo quid praestat!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: own translation from Polish.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Eunuchus<\/em>, 232<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Often you can&#8217;t be the person you want to be because circumstances don&#8217;t allow it&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Non licet hominem esse saepe ita, ut volt, si res non sinit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: own translation from Polish.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Heauton timorumenos<\/em>, 666<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We are all the worse for license&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Deteriores omnes sumus licentia]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Heauton timorumenos<\/em>, 483<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Everyone cares more about their own than others&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Omnis sibi malle melius esse quam alteri]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: own translation from Polish.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em>, 427<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Obsequiousness begets friends; sincerity, dislike&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em>, 68<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;As the disposition of all mankind has a downward tendency from industry toward pleasure&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Ita [&#8230;] ingenium est omnium, hominum ab labore proclive ad lubidinem]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em>, 77-78<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Whatever fortune brings, we will patiently bear&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Phormio<\/em>, 138<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sny man should take it into his head, or find out what is dearer to him than he is to himself!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quemquamne hominem in animo instituere aut, parare quod sit carius, quam ipse est sibi!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Adelphoe<\/em>, 38-39<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nothing is more advantageous to a person than courtesy and compassion (Terence)&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Facilitate nil esse homini melius neque clementia]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Adelphoe<\/em>, 861<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;All things are common among friends&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Adelphoe<\/em>, 804<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am human, I consider nothing human alien to me&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Heauton timorumenos<\/em>, 77<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If two do the same thing, it is not the same&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>The Brothers<\/em> V, 3, 37<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;As many men, so as many opinions&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quot homines tot sententiae: suo&#8217; quoique mos]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Phormio<\/em> 454<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m Davus, not Oedipus&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Davus sum, non Oedipus]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: words of slave, once he was asked to solve the problem.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em> 1.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Lovers&#8217; quarrels are the renewal of love&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Amantium irae amoris integratio est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em> 555<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;He who is first in time is first in right&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Potior est, qui prior est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Phormio<\/em> II, 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Do not do what is done&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Actum ne agas]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Phormio<\/em> II, III, 72<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Said and done&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Dictum, factum]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em> 2, 3, 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;(the) strong (ones), Fortune helps&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Fortis fortuna adiuvat]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Phormio<\/em>, I, 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Strictest law means greatest hardship&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Ius summum saepe summast malitia]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Heauton Timorumenos<\/em>, 796<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em> 68<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The wolf in the story&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Lupus in fabula!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Adelphoe<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Alas! three whole days to wait!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Heu! universum triduum!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Eunuchus<\/em> II, I, 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Lovers are lunatics&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Amantes amentes]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Andria<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Of my friends I am the only one left&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I know the nature of women; when you will they won\u2019t, when you won\u2019t they long for it&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Novi ingenium mulierum: nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Eunuchus<\/em> IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It is with human life as with a game of dice: if the throw you with for happens not to come up, that which does come up by chance, you must correct by art&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Ita uitast hominum, quasi quom ludas tesseris:si illud quod maxume opus est iactu non cadit, illud quod cecidit forte, id arte ut corrigas.]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Terence, <em>Brothers<\/em> IV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terence (Publius Terentius Afer lived in the years 185\/4 \u2013 159 BCE. 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