Publilius Syrus Quotes - Page 3

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• Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

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  Over You, Empires, Great Empires

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• The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.

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  Laughing, Sound, Trumpets

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• We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.

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• He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.

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  Helping, Guilty, Crime

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 139,

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• It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.

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  Plans, Altered

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• Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

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  Glasses, Broken, Glitter

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 280,

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• Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

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  Friendship, Friends, Praise

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• It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.

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  Deception, Deceived, Tolerable

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• What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?

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  Long, Evil, Wish

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• The poor lack much, the greedy everything.

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  Self Worth, Greedy, Poor

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• The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.

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  Men, Apes, Rich

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 941, 1856.

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• Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief

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  Grief, Tears, Ready

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• Frugality is misery in disguise.

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  Misery, Disguise, Frugality

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• Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

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  Success, Recovery, New Beginnings

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

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  Life, Long, Matter

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• Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

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  Sarcastic, Communication, Silence

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 914,

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• That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

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  Delay, Merit, Protection

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• Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.

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  Greed, Want, Poverty

  "Maxims". 441,

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• Some remedies are worse than the disease.

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  Latin, Health, Rome

  "Maxims". 301,

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• The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

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  Fear Of Death

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 511, 1856.

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• No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.

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  Men, Hours, Fortune

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• Each day should be passed as though it were our last.

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  Life, Time, Each Day

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• One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

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  Ungrateful People, Doe, Ungrateful Person

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• No one reaches a high position without daring.

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  Confidence, Courage, Fear

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p.160, Maxims, 1922.

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