Publilius Syrus

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No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Pleasure
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Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Should
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It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
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Collection: Ears
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They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.
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Collection: Peaceful
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A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
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Collection: Judgement
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His own character is the arbiter of every ones fortune.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Character
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As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Life
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The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Lovers
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A god could hardly love and be wise.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Love
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Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.
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Collection: Truth
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In love, anger is always false.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Love
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We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Giving
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Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Life Is Short
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Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Medicine
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Union gives strength to the humble.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Humble
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One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another like a mother.
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Collection: Mother
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A great man may commence life in a hovel.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Men
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Money does not sate Avarice, but stimulates it.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Doe
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Men will judge your past deeds by your last.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Past
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The wounds of conscience always leave a scar.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Scar
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It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Add
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Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Power
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Look for a tough wedge for a tough log.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Advice
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All powerful is the rule of fashion.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Fashion
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He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Want
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Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
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Collection: Repentance
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He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Weapons
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Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Pain
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Excessive severity misses its own aim.
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Collection: Missing
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He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Servant
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It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
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Collection: Enemy
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He who injures one man threatens many.
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Collection: Men
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He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
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Collection: Faults
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He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Men
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Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Growing Up
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To die at the command of another is to die twice.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Death
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Money should be mastered, not served.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Should
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An evil conscience is often quiet, but never secure.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Evil
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Cruelty isn't softened by tears; it feeds on them.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Tears
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With little loan you get a friend, with big loan an enemy.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Enemy
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Never find delight in another's misfortune.
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Collection: Delight
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Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Eye
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It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Honesty
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When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good. [Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Deception
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To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.
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Collection: Betrayal
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What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Done
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He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Poverty
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If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Kindness
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The eyes start love; intimacy perfects it.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Eye