A biography for Terencehasn’t been written yet.
“Their silence is praise enough.”
“I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.”
“How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.”
“So many men, so many opinions.”
“To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.”
“She ne'er was really charming till she died.”
“Too much liberty corrupts us all.”
“We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.”
“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.”
“What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.”
“Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.”
“I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.”
“They are so knowing, that they know nothing.”
“There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.”
“Moderation in all things.”
“Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.”
“עבור האדם, דבר אינו טוב יותר מאשר החמלה.”
“צדק מוגזם הוא אי צדק קיצוני.”
“שקר גורר בעקבותיו שקר אחר.”
“אנו חורצים משפט טוב יותר על ענייניו של הזולת מאשר על אלה שלנו.”