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
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.
buddhist mean skills
There is this persistent theme in all of these notions that death is made more easy, whatever that means, if you've learned the territory before you get there. And you know, in the Mahayana Buddhist situation it even becomes as extreme as saying; 'life is essentially a preparation for death, a studying of the maps of a learning of the skills a packing of your picnic basket so that when you get out there and demons are sniffing you up one side and down the other you don't bungle your mantras'.
earnings hike rate reports situation
I still think earnings reports are going to be very good, ... I think we're getting to the end of rate hike situation on the part of the Fed.
alien human
I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.
So many men, so many opinions; everyone his own way.
believe easily hope
You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly.
principle valuable
This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.
bad beginning great sprung time
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
addicted
I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.
brains dancing feet head love seem
They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head
I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.
money
I do not give money for just mere hopes.
Nothing is said that has not been said before.
ask love
For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.