Top 457 Quotes & Sayings by Publilius Syrus - Page 8
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Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.
He confesses his crime who flees the tribunal.
The power of habit is very strong.
To die at the command of another is to die twice.
No tears are shed when an enemy dies.
When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.
Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.
Even a single hair casts its shadow.
Every one excels in something in which another fails.
He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.
Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.
He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?
If you can walk, you can run.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
An evil gain equals a loss.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
Friendship is stronger than kindred.
At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
He who injures one man threatens many.
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Solitude is the mother of anxieties.
He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.
A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.
Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
To have the universe bear one company would be a great consolation in death.
Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
Even when there is no law, there is conscience.
It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
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