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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• Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account. Account
• Even a single hair casts its shadow. Casts
• Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity. Calamity
• When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company. Bears
• Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised. Amid
• To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them. Forget
• Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy. Enemy
• A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it. Cure
• He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion. Bent
• The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. Death
• No one should be judge in his own case. Case
• He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself. Despicable
• Be your money's master, not its slave. Inspirational
• It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody. Everybody
• The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich. Ape
• It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery. Companion
• Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself. Inspirational
• It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are. Funny
• You cannot put the same shoe on every foot. Cannot Put
• He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly. Benefits
• Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief Grief
• Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself. Empire
• You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot. Glowing
• Some remedies are worse than the disease. Disease
• Equanimity is calamity's medicine. Calamity

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