Publilius Syrus Quotes - Page 5

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• When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

  Publilius Syrus

  Betrayal, Doe, Flattery

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 277,

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• Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours.

  Publilius Syrus

  Wish

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• Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.

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  Modification, Plans, Incapable

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• No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.

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  May, Fortune

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• Death laughs when old women frolic.

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  Laughing, Age, Old Woman

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• Humility neither falls far, nor heavily.

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  Fall, Humility

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• A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

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  Character, Silent, Recommendations

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 34-36, Maxims, 1922.

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• The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules.

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  Slave, Masters

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• We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

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  Evil, May, Misfortunes

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• Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

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  Confidence, Soul, Departed

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• He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.

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  Age, Youth, Old Age

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• We tolerate without rebuke the vices with which we have grown familiar.

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  Vices, Virtue, Familiar

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• Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.

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  Truth, Speak, Truth Is

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• To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.

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  Heart, Rich, Easy

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• Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

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  Men, Mirrors, Thought Provoking

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 1073, 1856.

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• A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

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  Judgement, Firsts, Steps

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• God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

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  Change, Hands, Looks

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 715, 1856.

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• How happy the life unembarrassed by the cares of business!

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  Business, Care

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• There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory.

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  Pain, Victory, Moments

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• Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

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  Fear, Risk, Audacity

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 63,

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• Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.

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  Sea, Calm, Helm

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• I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent.

  Publilius Syrus

  Silent

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 740-45, Maxims, 1922.

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• Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

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  Madmen

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• He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.

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  Doe, Sage, Profit

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 629, 1856.

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• He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.

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  Worst Enemy, Conquer, Temperament

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