Top 457 Quotes & Sayings by Publilius Syrus - Page 3
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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little.
When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them
He who wrongs one threatens many.
What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?
To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.
Prosperity has no power over adversity.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.
His own character is the arbiter of every ones fortune.
The further the fall, the greater the hurt.
We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
Never find your delight in another's misfortune.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him.
Each day should be passed as though it were our last.
The best remedy for an injury is to forget it.
Only the bold get to the top.
Never thrust your sickle into another's corn.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
Past happiness augments present wretchedness.
Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.
A god could hardly love and be wise.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotant.
A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium.
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.
Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours.
There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory.
Give your friend cause to blush, and you will be likely to lose him.
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.
Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
Be your money's master, not its slave.
No good man ever became suddenly rich.
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
Debt is the slavery of the free.
That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.
Bad nature never lacks an instructor.
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.
Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent.
There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.
In love, anger is always false.
It is vain to look for a defense against lightning.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies.
A guilty conscience never feels secure.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.
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