Terence: Nothing

Terence was Roman comic playwright. Explore interesting quotes on nothing.

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“Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.”
Nil tam difficile est quin quaerendo investigari possit.

Terence Heauton Timorumenos

Act IV, scene 2, line 8 (675).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)

“Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?”

Terence Andria

The Prologue, line 17.
Andria (The Lady of Andros)

“In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.”
Nullumst iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius.

Terence Eunuchus

Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius.
Prologue, Line 41.
Variant translation: Nothing has yet been said that’s not been said before.
Eunuchus

“I am human, I consider nothing human alien to me.”
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.

Terence Heauton Timorumenos

Act I, scene 1, line 25 (77).
Variant translations:
I am a human and consider nothing human alien to me.
I am human, I consider nothing human to be alien to me.
I am human, therefore nothing relating to humanity is outside of my concern.
I am a man; I consider nothing human alien to me.
I am a man, I regard nothing that is human alien to me.
I am a man, I count nothing human foreign to me.
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)

“There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.”

Terence Heauton Timorumenos

Act IV, scene 6, line 1 (805).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)

“I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.”

Terence Eunuchus

Act II, scene 2, 12, line 243.
Eunuchus

“Nothing is easier to say.”
Nil est dictu facilius.

Terence Phormio

Source: Phormio, Line 300.