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Publilius Syrus [-85--43] Roman

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Publilius Syrus, was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him.

Anger, Courage, Education, Fear, Wisdom, Business, Dad, Forgiveness, Good, Great, Health, Life, Money, Science

Quote	Tags	Rank
Where there is unity there is always victory.		101
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.		102
No one knows what he can do until he tries.		103
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.		104
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.	Wisdom	105
The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.	Business	106
It is better to learn late than never.	Education	107
It is only the ignorant who despise education.	Education	108
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.		109
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.		110
A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.		111
The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.		112
A good reputation is more valuable than money.	Money	113
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.	Great, Health	114
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.	Wisdom	115
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.	Anger	116
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.		117
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.		118
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.		119
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.		120
Each day is the scholar of yesterday.	Life	121
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.	Good	122
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.		123
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.		124
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.		125
We die as often as we lose a friend.		126
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.		201
It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.		202
The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.		203
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.		204
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.	Courage, Fear	205
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.	Science	206
One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.		207
The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.		208
To do two things at once is to do neither.		209
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.		210
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.		211
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.	Courage	212
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.		213
Pain forces even the innocent to lie.		214
An angry father is most cruel towards himself.	Dad	215
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.		216
Speech is the mirror of the soul.		217
Practice is the best of all instructors.		218
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.		219
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.		220
The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.	Anger	221
He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.	Fear	222
Take care that no one hates you justly.		223
Some remedies are worse than the disease.		224
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.		225
What is left when honor is lost?		226
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.	Forgiveness	301
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.		302
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.		303
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.		304
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.		305
There are some remedies worse than the disease.		306
God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.		307
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.		308
The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.		309
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.		310
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.		311
It is not every question that deserves an answer.		312
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.		313
He who spares the bad injures the good.		314
They do injury to the good who spares the bad.		315
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.		316
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.		317
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.		318
Never promise more than you can perform.		319

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