There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

Nulla est tam facilis res quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias.

Terence

The Self-Tormentor

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Topic

Reluctance and hesitation

Speaker

Clitipho

Author

Terence

Source

The Self-Tormentor

Medium

Play

Language

Latin

Time

163 BC 160s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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Africa Roman Republic

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Citation

Terence. Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος [Heuton Timoroumenous]. c. 163 BC, Rome, Italy, act 4, sc. 6.

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Time
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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The die is cast.

Julius Caesar

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Topic
No turning back Decisions and choices
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Author

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Source
Lives of the Caesars
Genre
Biography Historical literature
Language
Latin
Time
49 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Caesar, Julius. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], by Suetonius. 121 AD.

Current Citation

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