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

From

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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Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

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Source
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Time
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