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Famous Publilius Syrus Quotes
“I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent.”
“The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.”
“A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.”
“He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.”
“They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands.”
“That should be considered long which can be decided but once.”
“When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.”
“Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself.”
“To have the universe bear one company would be a great consolation in death.”
“There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory.”
“Each succeeding day is the scholar of that which went before it.”
“It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.”
“The friendship that can come to an end, never really began.”
“We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.”
“Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss.”
“It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule.”
“When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.”
“When the bad imitate the good, there is no knowing what mischief is intended.”
“Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.”