Terence: Timing

Terence was Roman comic playwright. Explore interesting quotes on timing.
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“Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, 4 lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster.”

Terence Eunuchus

Act III, scene 5, 2, line 550.
Eunuchus

Life , Time

“Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.”

Terence Heauton Timorumenos

Act IV, scene 1, line 53 (666).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)

Time

“Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.”

Terence Eunuchus

Act V, scene 2, 34, line 873.
Eunuchus

Friendship , Time

“Time removes distress.”
Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus.

Terence Heauton Timorumenos

Act III, scene 1, line 12 (421).
Variant translations:
Time heal all wounds.
Time assuages sorrow.
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)

Time