Famous Quotes / Publilius Syrus
160 Quotations by Publilius Syrus
- 121. The empire of custom is most mighty.
- 122. The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.
- 123. The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
- 124. The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
- 125. The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time.
- 126. The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved.
- 127. The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.
- 128. The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
- 129. The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
- 130. The next day is never so good as the day before.
- 131. The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
- 132. The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
- 133. The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.
- 134. The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
- 135. The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
- 136. The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
- 137. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
- 138. There are some remedies worse than the disease.
- 139. There is no medicine to cure hatred.
- 140. Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.