Publius Terentius Afer (fl. 170 - 160 BCE)

Roman poet

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• "Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto."
  • Translation: "I am a man, I consider nothing human foreign to me."
  • Pronunciation: homo: s' uma:ni ni:l .. a m'alie:num puto: -- (A colon after a vowel indicates length. Apostrophes show elisions. ".." shows a pause or caesura.)
  • Source: Heauton Timorumenos, 77

• "Hinc illae lacrimae."
  • Translation: "Hence those tears."
  • Source: Andria, 126

• "Fortis fortuna adiuvat."
  • Translation: "Fortune favours the brave."
  • Pronunciation: forti:s fortu:n' adiu:vat
  • Source: Phormio, 203

• "Quot homines, tot sententiae: suo' quoique mos."
  • Translation: "There are as many opinions as there are people: everyone has their own way of doing things." (literal trans.: So many men, so many opinions: to each his own way)
  • Source: Phormio, 454

• "The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love."
  • Source: Heauton Timoroumenos, 2nd century BC.