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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• When fortune flatters, she does it to betray. Betray
• Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own. Allowance
• No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. Endure
• The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not… Better
• Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything. Avarice
• Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. -Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent Inspirational
• The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not. Greed
• In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth. Apt
• He who helps the guilty, shares the crime. Crime
• A beautiful face is a mute recommendation. Beautiful
• Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. Avoid
• Observation, not old age, brings wisdom. Age
• Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little. Golden
• It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes Avoid
• Each day should be passed as though it were our last. Day
• Powerful indeed is the empire of habit. Empire
• He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense. Always Find
• Debt is the slavery of the free. Debt
• A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy. Debt
• Solitude is the mother of anxieties. Anxieties
• It is sometimes wise to forget who we are. Forget
• It matters not how long you live, but how well. Life
• The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome. Arise
• Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. Admonish
• A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium. Either Loves

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