Publilius Syrus Quotes

To die at the command of another is to die twice.

A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.

To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.

Friendship either finds or makes equals.

At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good. [Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.

When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.

Even a single hair casts its shadow.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

It is sometimes wise to forget who we are.

Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.

There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.

He confesses his crime who flees the tribunal.

Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.

The future struggles that it may not become the past.

The friendship that can come to an end, never really began.

The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.

Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.

When you are in love you are not wise; or, when you are wise you are not in love.

Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.

Would you be known by everybody? Then you know nobody.

Suspicion cleaves to the dark side of things.

Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself.

Always shun whatever may make you angry.

In excess altercation, truth is lost.

The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.

He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy.

Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.

Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.

There is no fortune so good that you can find nothing in it to complain of.

To have the universe bear one company would be a great consolation in death.

He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.

One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another like a mother.

A great man may commence life in a hovel.

Shun an angry man for a moment-your enemy forever.

There is no need of spurs when the horse is running away.

Money does not sate Avarice, but stimulates it.

Men will judge your past deeds by your last.

Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

The wounds of conscience always leave a scar.

What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided.