Authors - Publilius Syrus
Brief Biography
Publilius Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him. - Wikipedia
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Quote 4942by Anonymous on 04/05/2011
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
Quote 5014by Anonymous on 05/05/2011
Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
Quote 5050by Anonymous on 10/05/2011
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Quote 5137by Anonymous on 24/05/2011
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Quote 5189by Anonymous on 03/06/2011
The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved.
Quote 5314by Anonymous on 18/06/2011
Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly.
Quote 5609by Anonymous on 29/07/2011
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
Quote 5808by Anonymous on 29/08/2011
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
Quote 5831by Anonymous on 30/08/2011
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Quote 5851by Anonymous on 31/08/2011
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
Quote 6102by Anonymous on 14/09/2011
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
Quote 6207by Anonymous on 16/09/2011
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
Quote 6303by Anonymous on 18/09/2011
If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.
Quote 6396by Anonymous on 19/09/2011
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
Quote 6512by Anonymous on 23/09/2011
You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
Quote 6549by Anonymous on 27/09/2011
Never find your delight in another's misfortune.
Quote 6552by Anonymous on 28/09/2011
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
Quote 6590by Anonymous on 01/10/2011
Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.
Quote 6609by Anonymous on 01/10/2011
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
Quote 6669by Anonymous on 03/10/2011
We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.
Quote 6683by Anonymous on 04/10/2011
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Quote 6898by Anonymous on 13/10/2011
Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.
Quote 6902by Anonymous on 13/10/2011
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
Quote 6933by Anonymous on 13/10/2011
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
Quote 7073by Anonymous on 19/10/2011
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
Quote 7187by Anonymous on 27/10/2011
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
Quote 7324by Anonymous on 03/11/2011
The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.
Quote 7740by Anonymous on 02/02/2012
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
Quote 8635by Anonymous on 21/05/2012
As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.
Quote 11625by Anonymous on 12/01/2013
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Quote 11832by Anonymous on 25/01/2013
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
Quote 12091by Anonymous on 28/02/2013
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
Quote 12392by Anonymous on 03/04/2013
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
Quote 12720by Anonymous on 15/05/2013
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.
Quote 13010by Anonymous on 09/06/2013
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Quote 13093by Anonymous on 19/06/2013
He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
Quote 13206by Anonymous on 28/06/2013
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
Quote 13246by Anonymous on 30/06/2013
Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.
Quote 13263by Anonymous on 03/07/2013
It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.
Quote 13630by Anonymous on 10/08/2013
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Quote 13893by Anonymous on 15/09/2013
A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.
