Filter quotes by topic
Famous Publilius Syrus Quotes
“If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.”
“There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have.”
“Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.”
“There is no fortune so good that you can find nothing in it to complain of.”
“That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy.”
“Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.”
“He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.”
“Vices that are familiar we pardon, and only new ones reprehend.”
“That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.”
“A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.”
“A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.”
“A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.”
“A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.”
“A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.”
“Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.”