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.

Novi ingenium mulierum: nolunt ubi velis; ubi nolis cupiunt ultro.

Terence

The Eunuch

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Men and women

Speaker

Gnatho

Author

Terence

Source

The Eunuch

Medium

Play

Language

Latin

Time

161 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. Eunuchus [The Eunuch]. 161 BC, Megalesian Games, Rome, Italy, act 4, sc. 7.

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