Publilius Syrus Quotes & Sayings

A god could hardly love and be wise. — Publilius Syrus

When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all. — Publilius Syrus

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

Happy he who died when death was desirable. — Publilius Syrus

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. — Publilius Syrus

No one know what he can do till he tries. — Publilius Syrus

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely — Publilius Syrus

The honied tongue hath its poison. — Publilius Syrus

In every enterprise consider where you would come out. — Publilius Syrus

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing. — Publilius Syrus

It is better to learn late than never. — Publilius Syrus

It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations. — Publilius Syrus

No tears are shed when an enemy dies. — Publilius Syrus

God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands. — Publilius Syrus

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody. — Publilius Syrus

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one. — Publilius Syrus

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others. — Publilius Syrus

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided. — Publilius Syrus

He who spares the bad injures the good. — Publilius Syrus

A prompt refusal is sometimes no slight refusal. — Publilius Syrus

Many receive advice, few profit by it. — Publilius Syrus

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

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow. — Publilius Syrus

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation. — Publilius Syrus

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

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap. — Publilius Syrus

A wise man rules his passions, fool obeys them. — Publilius Syrus

The future struggles that it may not become the past. — Publilius Syrus

Man has been lent, not given, to life. — Publilius Syrus

Time, not the Will, can put an end to love. — Publilius Syrus

The evil you do to others you may expect in return. — Publilius Syrus

Who would recognize the unhappy if grief had no language? — Publilius Syrus

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy. — Publilius Syrus

Every one excels in something in which another fails. — Publilius Syrus

Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye. — Publilius Syrus

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. — Publilius Syrus

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

No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not. — Publilius Syrus

Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. -Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent — Publilius Syrus

A guilty conscience never feels secure. — Publilius Syrus

The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself. — Publilius Syrus

Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance. — Publilius Syrus

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed — Publilius Syrus

Never find your delight in another's misfortune. — Publilius Syrus

The wretched reflect either too much or too little. — Publilius Syrus

Even in death, a good man would not deceive. — Publilius Syrus

Never thrust your sickle into another's corn. — Publilius Syrus

The highest condition takes rise in the lowest. — Publilius Syrus

A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey. — Publilius Syrus

To submit to necessity involves no disgrace. — Publilius Syrus

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint. — Publilius Syrus

Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back. — Publilius Syrus

Even one hair has a shadow. — Publilius Syrus

It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies. — Publilius Syrus

A god can hardly disturb a man truly happy. — Publilius Syrus

Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone. — Publilius Syrus

He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy. — Publilius Syrus

No one reaches a high position without daring. — Publilius Syrus

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly. — Publilius Syrus

He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. — Publilius Syrus

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

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot. — Publilius Syrus

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. — Publilius Syrus

Never promise more than you can perform. — Publilius Syrus

He gets through too late who goes too fast. — Publilius Syrus

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons. — Publilius Syrus

Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail. — Publilius Syrus

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered. — Publilius Syrus

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety. — Publilius Syrus

Even to be hung one should choose a fine tree. — Publilius Syrus

There are many displeased when a woman weds many. — Publilius Syrus

Discord gives a relish for concord. — Publilius Syrus

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

Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity. — Publilius Syrus

Innocence always follow the guidance of its own light. — Publilius Syrus

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious. — Publilius Syrus

You should not live one way in private, another in public. — Publilius Syrus

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies. — Publilius Syrus

Each day is the scholar of yesterday. — Publilius Syrus

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck. — Publilius Syrus

Nowhere can we die happier than where we have lived happily. — Publilius Syrus

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. — Publilius Syrus

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm. — Publilius Syrus

It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores. — Publilius Syrus

He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph. — Publilius Syrus

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

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

It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.] — Publilius Syrus

Lovers know what they want, but not what they need. — Publilius Syrus

It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another. — Publilius Syrus

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him. — Publilius Syrus

Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out. — Publilius Syrus

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. — Publilius Syrus

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them. — Publilius Syrus

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. — Publilius Syrus

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest. — Publilius Syrus

An angry man is, again, angry with himself when he returns to reason. — Publilius Syrus

When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears. — Publilius Syrus

The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time. — Publilius Syrus

The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules. — Publilius Syrus