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Publilius Syrus Quotes
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Famous Publilius Syrus Quotations
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Publilius (less correctly Publius) Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was an Assyrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favor of his master, who freed and educated him
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- A fair exterior is a silent recommendation. Publilius Syrus »
- A gift in season is a double favor to the needy. Publilius Syrus »
- A good reputation is more valuable than money. Publilius Syrus »
- A rolling stone gathers no moss. Publilius Syrus »
- A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things. Publilius Syrus »
- Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly. Publilius Syrus »
- An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason. Publilius Syrus »
- Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification. Publilius Syrus »
- Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Publilius Syrus »
- As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. Publilius Syrus »
- Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it. Publilius Syrus »
- Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. Publilius Syrus »
- Debt is the slavery of the free. Publilius Syrus »
- Depend not on fortune, but on conduct. Publilius Syrus »
- Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. Publilius Syrus »
- Do not turn back when you are just at the goal. Publilius Syrus »
- Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last. Publilius Syrus »
- Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it. Publilius Syrus »
- For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous. Publilius Syrus »
- Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. Publilius Syrus »
- Hares can gamble over the body of a dead lion. Publilius Syrus »
- He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly. Publilius Syrus »
- He who lives in solitude may make his own laws. Publilius Syrus »
- How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Publilius Syrus »
- I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. Publilius Syrus »
- If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft. Publilius Syrus »
- If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. Publilius Syrus »
- In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth. Publilius Syrus »
- It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. Publilius Syrus »
- It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery. Publilius Syrus »
- It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody. Publilius Syrus »
- It is better to learn late than never. Publilius Syrus »
- It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. Publilius Syrus »
- It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived. Publilius Syrus »
- It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well. Publilius Syrus »
- It is not every question that deserves an answer. Publilius Syrus »
- It is only the ignorant who despise education. Publilius Syrus »
- It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. Publilius Syrus »
- Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. Publilius Syrus »
- Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. Publilius Syrus »
- Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. Publilius Syrus »
- Love's wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them. Publilius Syrus »
- Many receive advice, few profit by it. Publilius Syrus »
- Money alone sets all the world in motion. Publilius Syrus »
- Never find your delight in another's misfortune. Publilius Syrus »
- Never promise more than you can perform. Publilius Syrus »
- No man is happy who does not think himself so. Publilius Syrus »
- No one knows what he can do till he tries. Publilius Syrus »
- No one should be judge in his own case. Publilius Syrus »
- Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently. Publilius Syrus »
- Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many. Publilius Syrus »
- Practice is the best of all instructors. Publilius Syrus »
- Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. Publilius Syrus »
- Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief. Publilius Syrus »
- Speech is a mirror of the soul as a man speaks, so is he. Publilius Syrus »
- The end always passes judgement on what has gone before. Publilius Syrus »
- The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. Publilius Syrus »
- The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself. Publilius Syrus »
- The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved. Publilius Syrus »
- The loss which is unknown is no loss at all. Publilius Syrus »
- There are some remedies worse than the disease. Publilius Syrus »
- Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid. Publilius Syrus »
- To do two things at once is to do neither. Publilius Syrus »
- To-day is the pupil of yesterday. Publilius Syrus »
- Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy. Publilius Syrus »
- Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. Publilius Syrus »
- We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have. Publilius Syrus »
- We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all. Publilius Syrus »
- We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead. Publilius Syrus »
- What is left when honor is lost Publilius Syrus »
- While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity. Publilius Syrus »
- You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm. Publilius Syrus »
- You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot. Publilius Syrus »
- You should not live one way in private, another in public. Publilius Syrus »
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