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Quotes by Publilius Syrus


No man is happy who does not think himself so.
– Publilius Syrus
Practice is the best of all instructors.
– Publilius Syrus
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
– 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
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
– Publilius Syrus
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
– Publilius Syrus
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
– Publilius Syrus
If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.
– Publilius Syrus
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
– 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
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
– Publilius Syrus
Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.
– Publilius Syrus
Never promise more than you can perform.
– Publilius Syrus
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.
– Publilius Syrus
Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.
– Publilius Syrus
To-day is the pupil of yesterday.
– Publilius Syrus
We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.
– Publilius Syrus
You should not live one way in private, another in public.
– Publilius Syrus
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
– Publilius Syrus
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
– Publilius Syrus
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
– Publilius Syrus
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
– Publilius Syrus
Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
– 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
For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
– Publilius Syrus
He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
– Publilius Syrus
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
– 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 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
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
– 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
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
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
– Publilius Syrus
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
– Publilius Syrus
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
– 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
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
– Publilius Syrus
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
– 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
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
– Publilius Syrus
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
– Publilius Syrus
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
– Publilius Syrus
We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.
– Publilius Syrus
The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.
– Publilius Syrus
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
– Publilius Syrus
The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.
– Publilius Syrus
He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.
– Publilius Syrus
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
– Publilius Syrus
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
– Publilius Syrus
Audacity augments courage hesitation, fear.
– Publilius Syrus
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
– Publilius Syrus
An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
– Publilius Syrus