Famous Quotes / Publilius Syrus
160 Quotations by Publilius Syrus
- 21. At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
- 22. Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
- 23. Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not.
- 24. Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
- 25. Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
- 26. Confidence is the bond of friendship.
- 27. Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
- 28. Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
- 29. Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.
- 30. Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
- 31. Each day should be passed as though it were our last.
- 32. Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.
- 33. Every one excels in something in which another fails. In excessive argument, truth is lost.
- 34. Every vice has its excuse ready.
- 35. Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
- 36. For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
- 37. Fortune is like glass -- the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
- 38. Friendship neither finds nor makes equals.
- 39. From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
- 40. Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.