Famous Publilius Syrus Quotations

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"The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it."
by Publilius Syrus
"Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back."
by Publilius Syrus
"Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."
by Publilius Syrus
"He who lives in solitude may make his own laws."
by Publilius Syrus
"If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is not every question that deserves an answer."
by Publilius Syrus
"Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage."
by Publilius Syrus
"Practice is the best of all instructors."
by Publilius Syrus
"One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification."
by Publilius Syrus
"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence."
by Publilius Syrus
"A fair exterior is a silent recommendation."
by Publilius Syrus
"A gift in season is a double favor to the needy."
by Publilius Syrus
"A good reputation is more valuable than money."
by Publilius Syrus
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."
by Publilius Syrus
"A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things."
by Publilius Syrus
"Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly."
by Publilius Syrus
"An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason."
by Publilius Syrus
"Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification."
by Publilius Syrus
"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm."
by Publilius Syrus
"As men, we are all equal in the presence of death."
by Publilius Syrus
"Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it."
by Publilius Syrus
"Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world."
by Publilius Syrus
"Debt is the slavery of the free."
by Publilius Syrus
"Depend not on fortune, but on conduct."
by Publilius Syrus
"Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness."
by Publilius Syrus
"Do not turn back when you are just at the goal."
by Publilius Syrus
"Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last."
by Publilius Syrus
"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it."
by Publilius Syrus
"For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous."
by Publilius Syrus
"Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion."
by Publilius Syrus
"Hares can gamble over the body of a dead lion."
by Publilius Syrus
"He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly."
by Publilius Syrus
"How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself."
by Publilius Syrus
"If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft."
by Publilius Syrus
"In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is better to learn late than never."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is only the ignorant who despise education."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are."
by Publilius Syrus (c. 42 BC)
"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity."
by Publilius Syrus
"Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid."
by Publilius Syrus
"Look to be treated by others as you have treated others."
by Publilius Syrus
"Love's wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them."
by Publilius Syrus
"Many receive advice, few profit by it."
by Publilius Syrus
"Money alone sets all the world in motion."
by Publilius Syrus
"Necessity knows no law."
by Publilius Syrus
"Never find your delight in another's misfortune."
by Publilius Syrus
"Never promise more than you can perform."
by Publilius Syrus
"No man is happy who does not think himself so."
by Publilius Syrus
"No one should be judge in his own case."
by Publilius Syrus
"No one knows what he can do until he tries."
by Publilius Syrus
"No one knows what he can do till he tries."
by Publilius Syrus
"Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently."
by Publilius Syrus
"Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many."
by Publilius Syrus
"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them."
by Publilius Syrus
"Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief."
by Publilius Syrus
"Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he."
by Publilius Syrus
"Speech is a mirror of the soul as a man speaks, so is he."
by Publilius Syrus
"The end always passes judgement on what has gone before."
by Publilius Syrus
"The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing."
by Publilius Syrus
"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself."
by Publilius Syrus
"The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time."
by Publilius Syrus
"The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved."
by Publilius Syrus
"The loss which is unknown is no loss at all."
by Publilius Syrus
"There are some remedies worse than the disease."
by Publilius Syrus
"Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid."
by Publilius Syrus
"To do two things at once is to do neither."
by Publilius Syrus
"To-day is the pupil of yesterday."
by Publilius Syrus
"Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy."
by Publilius Syrus
"We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have."
by Publilius Syrus
"We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all."
by Publilius Syrus
"We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead."
by Publilius Syrus
"What is left when honor is lost?"
by Publilius Syrus
"What is left when honor is lost"
by Publilius Syrus
"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
by Publilius Syrus
"You should not live one way in private, another in public."
by Publilius Syrus
"You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot."
by Publilius Syrus
"You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm."
by Publilius Syrus
"It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others."
by Publilius Syrus
"He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard."
by Publilius Syrus
"One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard."
by Publilius Syrus
"Pain forces even the innocent to lie."
by Publilius Syrus
"Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes."
by Publilius Syrus
"One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid."
by Publilius Syrus
"There is no medicine to cure hatred."
by Publilius Syrus
"Take care that no one hates you justly."
by Publilius Syrus
"To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it."
by Publilius Syrus
"A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation."
by Publilius Syrus
"They do injury to the good who spares the bad."
by Publilius Syrus
"He who spares the bad injures the good."
by Publilius Syrus
"The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted."
by Publilius Syrus
"The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty."
by Publilius Syrus
"Necessity knows no law except to conquer."
by Publilius Syrus
"Opportunity is lost by deliberation."
by Publilius Syrus
"The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body."
by Publilius Syrus


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