“Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.”
Act IV, scene 1, line 53 (666).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
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“How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!”
Act IV, scene 7, line 11 (839).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
“So many men, so many opinions: to each his own way.”
Quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos.
Act II, scene 4, line 14 (454).
Variant translations:
There are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own view.
There are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own correct way.
There are as many opinions as there are people: everyone has their own way of doing things.
Phormio
“Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.”
Act V, scene 2, 34, line 873.
Eunuchus