Terence
Terence
Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence apparently died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. All of the six plays Terence wrote have survived...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionWriter
mind sides uncertain
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.
children parenting path
Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.
men law opinion
As many opinions as there are men; each a law to himself.
sarcastic charming died
She never was really charming till she died.
justice unjust customs
How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by custom?
men debt pay
You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.
age vices common
It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.
strange humans human-beings
I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me.
home charity charity-begins-at-home
Charity begins at home.
appearance
Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.
determination men skills
The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don't get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get.
empathy aliens humans
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me.
hearts men-and-women
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
faults few unjustly wives
All wives are unjustly slighted for the faults of a few