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Famous Publilius Syrus Quotes
“It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.”
“Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed”
“You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable.”
“You should not live one way in private, another in public.”
“The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.”
“Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.”
“When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.”
“A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.”
“The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.”
“He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.”
“It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.”
“The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.”
“It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.”
“Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.”
“It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.”
“The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.”
“Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.”