Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

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.]

You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]

You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for read more

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for ourselves.
[Lat., Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium
Jubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.]