| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | | Terence. (c. 185 or c. 195– B.C.) (continued) |
| | | 8542 | | There are vicissitudes in all things. |
| Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 45. (276.) |
| 8543 | | The very flower of youth. |
| Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 3, 28. (319.) |
| 8544 | | I did not care one straw. |
| Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 1, 21. (411.) |
| 8545 | | Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, 1 lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster. |
| Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 5, 2. (550.) |
| 8546 | | This and a great deal more like it I have had to put up with. |
| Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 8. (746.) |
| 8547 | | Take care and say this with presence of mind. 2 |
| Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 31. (769.) |
| 8548 | | It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms. |
| Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 19. (789.) |
| 8549 | | I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won’t; when you won’t, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination. |
| Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 42. (812.) |
| 8550 | | I took to my heels as fast as I could. |
| Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 5. (844.) |
| 8551 | | Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up. |
| Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 34. (873.) |
| 8552 | | I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper. 3 |
| Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 7, 4. (1028.) |
| 8553 | | I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me. 4 |
| Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 1, 25. (77.) |
| 8554 | | This is a wise maxim, “to take warning from others of what may be to your own advantage.” |
| Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 2, 36. (210.) |
| | Note 1.
If it were now to die,
’T were now to be most happy.
William Shakespeare: Othello, act ii. sc. 1. [back] | Note 2.
Literally, “with a present mind,”—equivalent to Cæsar’s præsentia animi (De Bello Gallico, v. 43, 4). [back] | Note 3.
According to Lucian, there was a story that Omphale used to beat Hercules with her slipper or sandal. [back] | Note 4.
Cicero quotes this passage in De Officiis, i. 30. [back] |
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