Publius Syrus

“There are many displeased when a woman weds many.”

— Publius Syrus

“Any land is your country where you can live happy.”

— Publius Syrus

“It is vain to be the pupil of a sage if you have no brains yourself.”

— Publius Syrus

“When life passes agreeably is the best time to die.”

— Publius Syrus

“Human reason grows rich by self-conquest.”

— Publius Syrus

“You must die, but not as often as you may have wished.”

— Publius Syrus

“No man is happy that does not think himself so.”

— Publius Syrus

“A god can hardly disturb a man truly happy.”

— Publius Syrus

“Life itself is an insult to the wretched.”

— Publius Syrus

“Time, not the Will, can put an end to love.”

— Publius Syrus

“The severest affliction is the one which has never been tried.”

— Publius Syrus

“Seek to please many, and you seek a failure.”

— Publius Syrus

“A prompt refusal is sometimes no slight refusal.”

— Publius Syrus

“Speed itself is slow when cupidity waits.”

— Publius Syrus

“We should keep our word even to the undeserving.”

— Publius Syrus

“Happy he who died when death was desirable.”

— Publius Syrus

“Mighty rivers might be easily leaped at their source”

— Publius Syrus

“No one can escape death or love.”

— Publius Syrus

“Some enmities conceal themselves beneath a mask, some under a kiss.”

— Publius Syrus

“It is humane to forgive when the forgiven blushes at the kindness.”

— Publius Syrus

“The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself.”

— Publius Syrus

“Friendship ever profits, but love ever injures.”

— Publius Syrus

“Who knows how great are the secret pangs of conscience?”

— Publius Syrus

“When angry, a man has deserted his body.”

— Publius Syrus

“bis vincit qui se vincit - he conquers twice who conquers himself”

— Publius Syrus