Publilius Syrus Quotes

You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.

Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.

It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.

Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

There is no medicine to cure hatred.

It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.

An end to our getting is the only end to our losses.

Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.

Who would recognize the unhappy if grief had no language?

The losing side is full of suspicion.

It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.

They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands.

He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Union gives strength to the humble.

Repentance follows hasty counsels.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?

A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.

Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.

A friend must not be injured, even in jest.

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

It is bad advice that cannot be changed.

When the bad imitate the good, there is no knowing what mischief is intended.

Each succeeding day is the scholar of that which went before it.

The hope of reward is the solace of labor.

Deliberando saepe perit occasio

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

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

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.

Pardon others often, thyself never.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

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

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

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

A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium.

To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere

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

It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.