127 Inspirational quotes by Publilius Syrus
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An angry lover tells himself many lies.
— Publilius Syrus
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.
No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
If you would live innocently, seek solitude.
To-day is the pupil of yesterday
The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.
Prosperity has no power over adversity.
It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.
To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.
It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.
Discord gives a relish for concord.
A friend must not be injured, even in jest.
I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent
Every vice has its excuse ready.
We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.
It is bad advice that cannot be changed.
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
Only the bold get to the top.
How happy the life unembarrassed by the cares of business!
Even when there is no law, there is conscience.
He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.
The gladiator lays his plans after he enters the arena.
You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.
It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.
He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.
Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.
The evil you do to others you may expect in return.
The power of habit is very strong.
Take care that no one hates you justly.
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.
