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Publilius Syrus

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I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.
UPTON SINCLAIR It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.
DR. SEUSS And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually.
JIMI HENDRIX For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha...
THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to.
THE WEEKND Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
THE TALMUD He who promises runs in debt.
THE TALMUD For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.
THE WEEKND Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ...
THE BIBLE Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
THE TALMUD Who is wise? One who learns from all.
THE TALMUD The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.
THE TALMUD Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha...
THE EDGE Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
THE TALMUD No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.
THE TALMUD If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
THE TALMUD Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.
THE TALMUD This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.
THE TALMUD Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc...
THE KORAN When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
THE TALMUD This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj...
THE MAHABHARTA The sun will set without thy assistance.
THE TALMUD A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed...
THE TALMUD Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
THE TALMUD Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more...
THE TALMUD Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
THE TALMUD The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.
THE TALMUD A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
THE TALMUD To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong
THE TALMUD Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while goo...
THE TALMUD Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
THE TALMUD The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousnes...
THE TALMUD Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scriptur...
THE TALMUD Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.
THE TALMUD A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
THE BIBLE Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you?
THE BIBLE If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
THE BIBLE Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru...
THE BIBLE Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma...
THE BIBLE A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
THE BIBLE Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come.
THE BIBLE And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom...
THE BIBLE And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a...
THE BIBLE But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ...
THE BIBLE Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
THE BIBLE A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
THE BIBLE Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
THE BIBLE Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of...
THE BIBLE When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre...
THE BIBLE For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their...
THE BIBLE The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is...
THE BIBLE So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri...
THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
THE BIBLE Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
THE BIBLE A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
THE BIBLE There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged...
THE BIBLE And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great te...
THE BIBLE Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see t...
THE BIBLE He who works his land will have abundant food.
THE BIBLE God helps those who persevere.
THE KORAN Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
THE TALMUD And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords...
THE BIBLE The highest form of wisdom is kindness
THE TALMUD The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
THE TALMUD Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and ...
THE TALMUD Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
THE TALMUD Sheep follow sheep.
THE TALMUD Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
THE TALMUD When you're traveling constantly, every day you become inspired, and it shows in my work, sonica...
THE WEEKND This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make u...
THE MENTOR For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good.
THE WEEKND The Joker that Christopher Nolan created in 'The Dark Knight' had the scar across his mouth,...
THE WEEKND 'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't le...
THE WEEKND The big cop-out would be to accept popularity rather than opting to try to create potent work. It...
THE EDGE It wasn’t that everything was going my way, but I began to believe that the way it was going was p...
THE HIPPIE Take that rage, put it on a page, take the page to the stage, blow the roof off the place.
THE SCRIPT It was strange that in some sort of Jeffrey Dahmer meets Ghandi way I was
able to love myself f...
THE HIPPIE I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no.
THE WEEKND My closet is like Bart Simpson's.
THE WEEKND I knew the second I finished the first record - 'House Of Balloons' - and had all this mater...
THE WEEKND Prince turned experimental music into pop music. 'When Doves Cry,' the whole 'Purple Rai...
THE WEEKND 'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there wer...
THE WEEKND Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
THE TALMUD Policeman says, "Son you can't stay here"
I said, "There's someone I'm waiting for if it's a da...
THE SCRIPT All religions, in their pure form, will tell you God is Love. And power, fear, division, judgment, o...
THE TRUTH 'Kiss Land' wasn't about what people wanted to hear on the radio. It was the state of mi...
THE WEEKND The caterpillar turns to liquid before turning into a butterfly. Liquid. Thus washing away any speck...
THE HIPPIE Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good ...
THE TALMUD He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one tra...
THE TALMUD Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.
THE DHAMMAPADA She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.
THE BEATLES How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happe...
THE TALMUD You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think
THE TALMUD If one speaks or acts with a cruel mind, misery follows, as the cart follows the horse... If one spe...
THE DHAMMAPADA Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever...
THE TALMUD Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.
THE TALMUD Until a child is one year old it is incapable of sin.
THE TALMUD Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will ...
THE TALMUD Learning is achieved only in company.
THE TALMUD

More Publilius Syrus

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent. [Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod po...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) A guilty conscience never feels secure.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) No good man ever became suddenly rich. [Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny. [Lat., Pars beneficii est, quod peti...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled. [Lat., Bis gratum est, quod dato...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) If you can walk, you can run.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) No one knows what he can do till he tries.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) A cock has great influence on this own dunghill.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) In excessive altercation, truth is lost. [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. [Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehic...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus n...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is not every question that deserves an answer.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) There are some remedies worse than the disease.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate. [Lat., Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) An evil gain equals a loss. [Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The next day is never so good as the day before.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest avaro quod h...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is better to have a little than nothing.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) To do two things at once is to do neither.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) He gets through too late who goes too fast.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) We may with advantage forget what we know.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum exped...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time. [Lat., Inprobe Neptunum accusat, qu...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The losing side is full of suspicion. [Lat., Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The remedy for wrongs is to forget them. [Lat., Injuriarum remedium est oblivio.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty. [Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordi...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel. [Lat., Crudelem medicum intemperans aeger facit.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laud...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) A good reputation is more valuable than money.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. [Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. [Lat., Aliena nobis,...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS They make a desert and they call it peace.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Common report is not always wrong.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Familiarity breeds contempt. [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted. [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum ...
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS No one should be judge in his own cause.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS A rolling stone gathers no moss.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS Familiarity breeds contempt.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS We die as often as we lose a friend.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A rolling stone can gather no moss.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No one reaches a high position without daring.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Practice is the best of all instructors.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Some remedies are worse than the disease.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS There are some remedies worse than the disease.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Opportunity is lost by deliberation.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No one knows what he can do till he tries.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The next day is never so good as the day before.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is bad advice that cannot be changed.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS There is no medicine to cure hatred.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Take care that no one hates you justly.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS To do two things at once is to do neither.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS What valor cannot win, flattery may.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS An angry father is most cruel toward himself.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS He who spares the bad injures the good.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS They do injury to the good who spares the bad.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS If you would live innocently, seek solitude.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is not every question that deserves an answer.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The empire of custom is most mighty.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS In quarreling the truth is always lost
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Debt is the slavery of the free.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Confidence is the bond of friendship.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Every vice has its excuse ready.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Practice is the best of all instructors
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Debt is the slavery of the free
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A friendship that can end never really began
PUBLILIUS SYRUS He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Many receive advice, few profit by it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS What is left when honor is lost?
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A good reputation is more valuable than money.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No one knows what he can do until he tries.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Where there is unity there is always victory.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS