“Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.”
Nil tam difficile est quin quaerendo investigari possit.
Act IV, scene 2, line 8 (675).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
Terence: Nothing
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“Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?”
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.
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.
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.”
Act IV, scene 6, line 1 (805).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
Act II, scene 2, 12, line 243.
Eunuchus