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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• Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur Amare
• The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise. Disguise
• In quarreling, the truth is always lost. Always Lost
• No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not. Ever Lost
• A gift in season is a double favor to the needy. Double
• The remedy for wrongs is to forget them. Forget
• Depend not on fortune, but on conduct. Action
• It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well. Action
• It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies. Enemies
• Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed Confidence
• The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others Belong
• Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely Falsely
• The bare recollection of anger kindles anger. Anger
• In doubtful matters boldness is everything. Boldness
• You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable. Endure
• No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it. Lasts
• You should not live one way in private, another in public. Inspirational
• He is foolish to blame the sea that is shipwrecked twice. Blame
• A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation. First Step
• Each day is the scholar of yesterday. Day
• The empire of custom is most mighty. Custom
• The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety. Cloy
• The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty. Calls
• The anger of lovers renews the strength of love. Anger
• Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends. Adversity

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