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title: "8 Favors Quotes By Publilius Syrus"
description: "8 Favors quotes by Publilius Syrus. Plus more from Publilius Syrus and more Favors sayings from other authors."
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> [When Providence favors, you can make a safe voyage on a twig.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/when-providence-favors-you-can-make-a-safe-voyage-on-a-twig/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/publilius-syrus-594_destiny_when-providence-favors-you-can-make-a-sa_664812.png)

> [It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/it-is-more-easy-to-get-a-favor-from-fortune-than-to-keep-it/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d51/publilius-syrus-594_easy_it-is-more-easy-to-get-a-favor-from-fort_1404246.png)

> [The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/the-person-who-receives-the-most-favors-is-the-one-who-knows-how-to/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/publilius-syrus-594_favors_the-person-who-receives-the-most-favors_1558422.png)

> [To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/to-accept-a-favor-is-to-sell-one-s-freedom-beneficium-accipere/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/publilius-syrus-594_acceptance_to-accept-a-favor-is-to-sell-one-s-freed_1613231.png)

> [When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/when-fortune-is-on-our-side-popular-favor-bears-her-company/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/publilius-syrus-594_bears_when-fortune-is-on-our-side-popular-favo_1936390.png)

> [There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/there-is-no-safety-in-regaining-the-favor-of-an-enemy/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

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> [He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/he-who-boasts-of-a-favor-bestowed-would-like-it-back-again/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

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> [God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/god-looks-with-favor-at-pure-not-full-hands/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/publilius-syrus-594_favor_god-looks-with-favor-at-pure-not-full-ha_2864729.png)

## Other authors on Favors

## More by Publilius Syrus

> [Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/even-speed-when-we-are-anxious-seems-like-delay/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/the-coward-regards-himself-as-cautious-the-miser-as-thrifty/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/it-is-his-nature-not-his-standing-that-makes-the-good-man/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/it-is-more-tolerable-to-be-refused-than-deceived/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/modesty-once-lost-never-returns-into-favour/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/one-ungrateful-person-does-an-injury-to-all-needy-people/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/he-has-existed-only-not-lived-who-lacks-wisdom-in-old-age/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/any-plan-is-bad-which-is-incapable-of-modification/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [The evil you do to others you may expect in return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/the-evil-you-do-to-others-you-may-expect-in-return/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [The power of habit is very strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/the-power-of-habit-is-very-strong/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [Take care that no one hates you justly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/take-care-that-no-one-hates-you-justly/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/poverty-wants-much-but-avarice-everything/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/he-who-has-plenty-of-pepper-will-pepper-his-cabbage/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/hasty-conclusions-lead-to-speedy-repentance/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

> [When reason rules, money is a blessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/when-reason-rules-money-is-a-blessing/)

[Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/)

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