Famous Quotes / Publilius Syrus
160 Quotations by Publilius Syrus
- 61. It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
- 62. It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
- 63. It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
- 64. It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.
- 65. It is bad advice that cannot be changed.
- 66. It is better to learn late than never.
- 67. It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
- 68. It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
- 69. It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.
- 70. It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.
- 71. It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
- 72. It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
- 73. It is not every question that deserves an answer.
- 74. It is only the ignorant who despise education.
- 75. It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
- 76. It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
- 77. It's a bad plan that can't be changed.
- 78. Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
- 79. Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
- 80. Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.