A Quote by Publilius Syrus

Deliberando saepe perit occasio

Publilius Syrus

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Publilius Syrus
Roman - Writer
85 BC - 43 BC

Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].

Publilius Syrus

Occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile."..' Opportunity is fleeting, experiment dangerous, and judgement difficult.

Deborah Harkness

The wild boar is often held by a small dog. [Lat., A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.]

Ovid

Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)

Ovid

A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus

It is often a comfort in misfortune to know our own fate. [Lat., Saepe calamitas solatium est nosse sortem suam.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]

Horace

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended. [Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis, Plus insciens quis fecit quam prodens boni.]

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