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Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)

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No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse read more

No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto
Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]

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Fare ye well, and give us your applause.
[Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]

Fare ye well, and give us your applause.
[Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]

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When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

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There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.

There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.

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I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits read more

I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must
yield to them.
[Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;
Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]

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