Famous Quotes / Publilius Syrus
160 Quotations by Publilius Syrus
- 41. Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
- 42. He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
- 43. He gives twice who gives promptly.
- 44. He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.
- 45. He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.
- 46. He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.
- 47. He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
- 48. He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.
- 49. He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.
- 50. He who spares the bad injures the good.
- 51. How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
- 52. I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
- 53. I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
- 54. If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.
- 55. If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
- 56. If you would live innocently, seek solitude.
- 57. In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
- 58. In quarreling, the truth is always lost.
- 59. It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
- 60. It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.