Too much liberty corrupts us all.

Quote by Terence

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

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

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always...

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always...

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

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

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

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

No man was every so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

No man was every so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when...

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when...

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

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

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they...

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they...

The anger of lovers renews their love.

The anger of lovers renews their love.

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

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

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

As a person is so must you humor them.

As a person is so must you humor them.

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

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

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

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

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

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.