Their silence is sufficient praise.

About Terence

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Publius Terentius Afer (; c. 195/185 – c. 159 BC), better known in English as Terence (), was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals by Menander or Apollodorus of Carystus. All six of Terence's plays survive complete and were...

More quotations from Terence

I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

A wise man's question contains half the answer.

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

More quotations tagged with “praise”

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.

—Francis Bacon

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

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