Varro cites Terence's Adelphoe...
Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 10:58 "Eandem voluntatem Terentius significat, cum ait satius esse, 'Sua sponte recte facere quam alieno metu'...."
Which means, 'and that (voluntas) is what Terence is talking about when he writes that it's better 'to do what's right of one's own choice than because of fear of others'.
A more difficult lesson for our contemporaries to learn, perhaps, than for the Romans.
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