Publilius Syrus Quotes

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Writer of Latin mimes.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Moral Sayings.

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To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.

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— Sentences, Maxim 383

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Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

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— Maxim 557. (Sentences)

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Fortuna vitrea est, tum cum splendet frangitur.

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— Fortune is like glass; when she shines, she is broken.
— Syrus, Maxims. 283.

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The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.

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— Maxim 24. (Sentences)

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Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

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— Maxim 35. (Sentences)

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Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona.

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— Translation: For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
— Maxim 244.

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What is left when honor is lost?

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— Maxim 265. (Sentences)

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Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

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— Maxim 274. (Sentences)

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In sterculino plurimum gallus potest.

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— Translation: A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.
— Maxim 357.

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In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.

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— Translation: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
— Maxim 358.

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The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

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— Maxim 511. (Sentences)

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Saxum volutum non obducitur musco

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— Translation: A rolling stone gathers no moss.
— Maxim 524.

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Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

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— Maxim 633. (Sentences)

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Money alone sets all the world in motion.

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— Maxim 656. (Sentences)

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Be your money's master, not its slave.

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— Maxim 657. (Sentences)

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

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— Maxim 872. (Sentences)

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The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.

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— Maxim 891. (Sentences)

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

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— Publius Syrus, Sentences, Maxim 872.

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Caret periculo qui etiam tutus cavet.

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— He is safe from danger who is on his guard even when safe.
— Syrus, Maxims.

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Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.

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— Union gives strength to the humble.
— Syrus, Maxims.

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An end to our gettings is the only end to our losses.

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— Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings (1st century B.C.)

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

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— Publius Syrus, Sentences, Maxim 872.

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Heu, quam difficilis gloriæ custodia est.

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— Syrus, Maxims (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)

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Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet.

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— The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not.
— Syrus, Maxims.

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Sermo animi est imago; qualis vir, talis et oratio est.

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— Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech.
— Syrus, Maxims.

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Lucrum malum æquale dispendio.

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— An evil gain equals a loss.
— Syrus, Maxims.

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Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est.

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— 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.

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Deliberandum est diu, quod statuendum semel.

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— That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
— Syrus, Maxims.

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It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.

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— Syrus, Maxims. 119. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)

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