Publilius Syrus Quotes
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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Moral Sayings. 
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More Publilius Syrus Quotes
To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.
Publilius Syrus— Sentences, Maxim 383
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 557. (Sentences)
Fortuna vitrea est, tum cum splendet frangitur.
Publilius Syrus— Fortune is like glass; when she shines, she is broken.
— Syrus, Maxims. 283.
Alienum aes homini ingenuo acerba est servitus.
Publilius Syrus— Translation: Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.
— Maxim 14.
— Variant translation: Debt is the slavery of the free.
The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 24. (Sentences)
Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona.
Publilius Syrus— Translation: For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
— Maxim 244.
What is left when honor is lost?
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 265. (Sentences)
Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 319. (Sentences)
In sterculino plurimum gallus potest.
Publilius Syrus— Translation: A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.
— Maxim 357.
In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.
Publilius Syrus— Translation: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
— Maxim 358.
Malum consilium est, quod mutari potest.
Publilius Syrus— It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
— Maxim 469.
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 511. (Sentences)
Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 633. (Sentences)
Money alone sets all the world in motion.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 656. (Sentences)
Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 865. (Sentences)
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 872. (Sentences)
The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 891. (Sentences)
Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.
Publilius Syrus— Maxim 1075. (Sentences)
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Publilius Syrus— Publius Syrus, Sentences, Maxim 872.
Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.
Publilius Syrus— Union gives strength to the humble.
— Syrus, Maxims.
An end to our gettings is the only end to our losses.
Publilius Syrus— Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings (1st century B.C.)
Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.
Publilius Syrus— To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom.
— Syrus, Maxims.
Heu, quam difficilis gloriæ custodia est.
Publilius Syrus— Syrus, Maxims (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet.
Publilius Syrus— The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not.
— Syrus, Maxims.
Sæpius locutum, nunquam me tacuisse pœnitet.
Publilius Syrus— I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent.
— Syrus, Maxims.
Sermo animi est imago; qualis vir, talis et oratio est.
Publilius Syrus— Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech.
— Syrus, Maxims.
Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est.
Publilius Syrus— A pleasant companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
— Syrus, Maxims. in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 124-25.
Consilio melius vinces quam iracundia.
Publilius Syrus— You will conquer more surely by prudence than by passion.
— Syrus, Maxims.
Deliberandum est diu, quod statuendum semel.
Publilius Syrus— That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
— Syrus, Maxims.
