Men Quotes by Publilius Syrus

Men will judge your past deeds by your last.

— Publilius Syrus

He who injures one man threatens many.

— Publilius Syrus

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

— Publilius Syrus

Man has been lent, not given, to life.

— Publilius Syrus

Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.

— Publilius Syrus

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

— Publilius Syrus

It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.

— Publilius Syrus

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

— Publilius Syrus

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.

— Publilius Syrus

No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.

— Publilius Syrus

Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him.

— Publilius Syrus

Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.

— Publilius Syrus

At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

— Publilius Syrus

Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.

— Publilius Syrus

There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.

— Publilius Syrus

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.

— Publilius Syrus

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern…

— Publilius Syrus

A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.

— Publilius Syrus

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

— Publilius Syrus

One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.

— Publilius Syrus

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

— Publilius Syrus

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

— Publilius Syrus

Shun an angry man for a moment-your enemy forever.

— Publilius Syrus

No good man ever became suddenly rich.

— Publilius Syrus

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

— Publilius Syrus

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

— Publilius Syrus

A great man may commence life in a hovel.

— Publilius Syrus

The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.

— Publilius Syrus

Wise man also fears a weak enemy.

— Publilius Syrus

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

— Publilius Syrus

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

— Publilius Syrus

Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.

— Publilius Syrus

It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]

— Publilius Syrus