| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 8557 |
| AUTHOR: | Terence (c. 185 or c. 195 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 1, 53. (666.) |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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