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Publilius Syrus
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The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Forget
#Wrongs
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Fear
He who spares the bad injures the good.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#May
#Laws
#Solitude
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Nothing
#Honor
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Life
#Sense
#Health
#Blessings
God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#God
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Man
#Errors
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Regret
It is better to learn late than never.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Day
#Yesterday
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Fortune
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Greatness
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Caution
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Laughter
#Disguise
#Heir
#Weeping
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Fire
#Folly
It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Kindness
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Question
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Education
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Calamity
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Will
#Fool
#Tongue
Never promise more than you can perform.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Promise
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Danger
#Safety
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Fraud
What is left when honor is lost?
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Honor
They do injury to the good who spares the bad.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Injury
A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Money
#Reputation
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#First
#Judgment
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Friends
#Praise
An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Father
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Reason
#Man
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Force
#Kindness
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Opportunity
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Will
#World
#Friends
We die as often as we lose a friend.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Friend
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Frogs
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Fear
#Valor
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Enemy
#Friend
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Sea
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
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,
Roman
Writer
#Art
#Science
#Truth
#Expression
#Illusion
#Reality
#Error
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Disease
#Remedies
The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Love
#Wounds
The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Man
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Favors
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Fear
#Courage
#Hesitation
Where there is unity there is always victory.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Unity
#Victory
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Pain
#Lie
The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Opportunity
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Want
#Miser
The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Habit
The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Man
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Mind
#Eyes
The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Anger
Take care that no one hates you justly.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Care
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Soul
#Speech
Some remedies are worse than the disease.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Disease
#Remedies
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Friends
#Praise
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Friends
#Prosperity
#Adversity
Practice is the best of all instructors.
Publilius Syrus,
Roman
Writer
#Practice