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Top 71 Publilius Syrus Quotes

November 25, 2020 by Krista Aniston Leave a Comment

“Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.”

― 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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Where there is unity there is always victory.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Pain forces even the innocent to lie.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”

― Publilius Syrus

“How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is better to learn late than never.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Speech is the mirror of the soul.”

― Publilius Syrus

“A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.”

― Publilius Syrus

“I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.”

― Publilius Syrus

“You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”

― Publilius Syrus

“From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”

― Publilius Syrus

“You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is not every question that deserves an answer.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Take care that no one hates you justly.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Never promise more than you can perform.”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Practice is the best of all instructors.”

― Publilius Syrus

“A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.”

― Publilius Syrus

“We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Each day is the scholar of yesterday.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.”

― Publilius Syrus

“A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.”

― Publilius Syrus

“When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.”

― Publilius Syrus

“They do injury to the good who spares the bad.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.”

― Publilius Syrus

“He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.”

― Publilius Syrus

“To do two things at once is to do neither.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Some remedies are worse than the disease.”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.”

― Publilius Syrus

“You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.”

― Publilius Syrus

“What is left when honor is lost?”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is only the ignorant who despise education.”

― Publilius Syrus

“It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.”

― Publilius Syrus

“No one knows what he can do until he tries.”

― Publilius Syrus

“If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.”

― Publilius Syrus

“An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.”

― Publilius Syrus

“To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.”

― Publilius Syrus

“He who spares the bad injures the good.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.”

― Publilius Syrus

“There are some remedies worse than the disease.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.”

― Publilius Syrus

“The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.”

― Publilius Syrus

“An angry father is most cruel towards himself.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.”

― Publilius Syrus

“We die as often as we lose a friend.”

― Publilius Syrus

“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”

― Publilius Syrus

“He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.”

― Publilius Syrus

“God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.”

― Publilius Syrus

“He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.”

― Publilius Syrus

“While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.”

― Publilius Syrus

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