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Publilius Syrus Quotes

All Quotes Age Anger Betrayal Change Character Conscience Crime Death Evil Failure Fear Flattery Friends Friendship Giving Greed Grief Guilt Happiness Hate Hatred Honor Injury Innocence Inspirational Journey Judging Kindness Latin Life Loan Losing Loss Love Money Old Age Opportunity Pain Past Pleasure Poverty Procrastination Prudence Repentance Reputation Safety Silence Solitude Soul Suffering Virtue Wealth Wisdom Youth
Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

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Adversity, Shadow, Shows
"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 35, 1856.

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

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Hype, Pay, Fraud

Every question does not deserve an answer.

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Doe, Answers, Deserve

It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

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Action, Neglect, Profit

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

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Inspirational, Matter

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

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Wise, Men, Thought Provoking

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

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Kindness, Force, Accomplish

To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.

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Guilt, Guilty, Innocent
"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 113, 1856.

Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

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Wisdom, Age, Observation

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

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Wise, Wisdom, Mistake

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

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Regret, Silence, Silent

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur

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Love, Wise, Latin

He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.

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Army, Greed

Yesterday should be the teacher of today.

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Teacher, Yesterday, Today

Equanimity is calamity's medicine.

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Medicine, Entrepreneur, Calamity

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

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Mind, Tongue, Proof

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

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Remedy, Misfortunes

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

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Fruit, Bitter, Ripe

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

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Inspirational, Pain, Mind

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

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Photography, Eye, Love Life

You don't know what you can do until you try.

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Trying, Sad Truth, Knows

Practice is the best of all instructors.

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Perseverance, Teaching, School
"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 439, 1856.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

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Money, Insightful, Reputation
"Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 108,

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

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Over You, Empires, Great Empires

It matters not how long you live, but how well.

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Life, Long, Matter

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