Publilius Syrus ✓

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[Wikidata] 1st century BC Syrian-born Latin writer... | [Wikipedia] Publilius Syrus was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Roman Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius Antiochus, astronomer, and Staberius Eros the grammarian. By his wit and talent,

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• A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost. Easily
• Necessity knows no law except to conquer. Conquer
• When you are at sea, keep clear of the land. Clear
• He whom many fear, has himself many to fear. Fear
• To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses. All
• Deliberando saepe perit occasio Deliberando
• It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid. Avoid
• You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell. Branch
• The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty. Cautious
• Pain forces even the innocent to lie. Force
• Wise man also fears a weak enemy. Decision
• They live ill who expect to live always. Expect
• The poor lack much, the greedy everything. Greedy
• He who has lost honor can lose nothing more. Esteem
• It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man. Good
• It is better to arouse envy than pity. Arouse
• It is bad advice that cannot be changed. Advice
• The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them Family
• Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. -David Richo A rolling stone can gather no moss Accepting
• What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports! Harm
• At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work. Daybreak
• The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. Body
• We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all. All
• When reason rules, money is a blessing. Blessing
• Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it]. Deliberando

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