Terence Quotes

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

– Terence

The anger of lovers renews their love.

– Terence

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

– Terence

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.

– Terence

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

– Terence

So many men, so many opinions.

– Terence

Their silence is praise enough.

– Terence

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

– Terence

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

– Terence

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

– Terence

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

– Terence

He makes a great mistake… who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

– Terence

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

– Terence

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

– Terence

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

– Terence

Fortune favors the brave.

– Terence

You’re a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

– Terence

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

– Terence

I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.

– Terence

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

– Terence

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

– Terence

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

– Terence

She ne’er was really charming till she died.

– Terence

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

– Terence

Where there’s life, there’s hope.

– Terence

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

– Terence