Publilius Syrus Quotes

"He whom many fear, has himself many to fear."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Fear)

"He who spares the bad injures the good."
- Publilius Syrus

"He who lives in solitude may make his own laws."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Laws, May, Solitude)

"He who has lost honor can lose nothing more."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Honor, Nothing)

"Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Health, Life, Blessings, Sense)

"God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: God)

"From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Errors, Man)

"I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Regret)

"Familiarity breeds contempt."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Contempt, Familiarity)

"It is better to learn late than never."
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"Each day is the scholar of yesterday."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Day, Yesterday)

"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Fortune)

"If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest."
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"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification."
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"Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Greatness)

"It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Caution)

"The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Disguise, Heir, Laughter, Weeping)

"It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Fire, Folly)

"It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Kindness)

"It is not every question that deserves an answer."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Question)

"It is only the ignorant who despise education."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Education)

"Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Calamity)

"Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Fool, Tongue, Will)

"Never promise more than you can perform."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Promise)

"No one knows what he can do until he tries."
- Publilius Syrus

"One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Danger, Safety)

"It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Fraud)

"What is left when honor is lost?"
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Honor)

"They do injury to the good who spares the bad."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Injury)

"A beautiful face is a mute 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
(Related: Money, Reputation)

"A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: First, Judgment)

"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Friends, Praise)

"An angry father is most cruel towards himself."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Father)

"An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Man, Reason)

"You cannot put the same shoe on every foot."
- Publilius Syrus

"You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Force, Kindness)

"You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell."
- Publilius Syrus

"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Opportunity)

"The remedy for wrongs is to forget them."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Forget, Wrongs)

"When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all."
- Publilius Syrus

"Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Friends, Will, World)

"We die as often as we lose a friend."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Friend)

"We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Frogs)

"Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Fear, Valor)

"Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Friend, Enemy)

"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Sea)

"To do two things at once is to do neither."
- 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
(Related: Art, Science, Truth, Error, Expression, Illusion, Reality)

"There are some remedies worse than the disease."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Disease, Remedies)

"The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Love, Wounds)

"The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Man)

"The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Favors)

"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Fear, Courage, Hesitation)

"Where there is unity there is always victory."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Victory, Unity)

"To refuse graciously is to confer a favor."
- Publilius Syrus

"Pain forces even the innocent to lie."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Lie, Pain)

"The opportunity is often lost by deliberating."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Opportunity)

"The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Miser, Want)

"The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted."
- Publilius Syrus

"Powerful indeed is the empire of habit."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Habit)

"The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Man)

"The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Eyes, Mind)

"The bare recollection of anger kindles anger."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Anger)

"Take care that no one hates you justly."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Care)

"Speech is the mirror of the soul."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Soul, Speech)

"Some remedies are worse than the disease."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Disease, Remedies)

"Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Friends, Praise)

"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Adversity, Friends, Prosperity)

"Practice is the best of all instructors."
- Publilius Syrus
(Related: Practice)