John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8571 Terene 185 or 195- BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8571 |
| AUTHOR: | Terence (c. 185 or c. 195– B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 8, 30. (953.) |
| Note 1. Cicero quotes this passage (Tusculan Questions, book iii.), and the maxim was a favourite one with the Stoic philosophers. [back] |