Publilius Quotes & Sayings

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

Some enmities conceal themselves beneath a mask, some under a kiss. — 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

The honied tongue hath its poison. — Publilius Syrus

Dangerous he who thinks it safe to die! — Publilius Syrus

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent. — Publilius Syrus

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

We must master our good fortune, or it will master us. — Publilius Syrus

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

God generally finds a way for like to meet like. — Publilius Syrus

Intemperance is the physician's provider. — Publilius Syrus

There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory. — Publilius Syrus

Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all. — Publilius Syrus

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying. — Publilius Syrus

There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy. — Publilius Syrus

Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes. — Publilius Syrus

To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent. — Publilius Syrus

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

A wise man is the master of his own mind" "A fool is a slave to his" - Publilius Syrus — Gareth F. Baines

The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others — Publilius Syrus

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

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. — Publilius Syrus

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. — Publilius Syrus

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

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

That life is most pleasant which is passed in ignorance. — Publilius Syrus

Debt is the slavery of the free — Publilius Syrus

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

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

Money does not sate Avarice, but stimulates it. — Publilius Syrus

There is no medicine to cure hatred. — Publilius Syrus

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear. — Publilius Syrus

What is left when honor is lost? — Publilius Syrus

The best remedy for an injury is to forget it. — Publilius Syrus

He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak. — Publilius Syrus

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

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

Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little. — Publilius Syrus

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. — Publilius Syrus

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour. — Publilius Syrus

Wine has drowned more than the sea. — Publilius Syrus

The anger of lovers renews the strength of love. — Publilius Syrus

Each day is the scholar of yesterday. — Publilius Syrus

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

Every question does not deserve an answer. — Publilius Syrus

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay. — Publilius Syrus

We may with advantage at times forget what we know. — Publilius Syrus

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation. — Publilius Syrus

The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters. — Publilius Syrus

The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty. — Publilius Syrus

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

Prosperity has no power over adversity. — Publilius Syrus

Necessity gives the law and does not itself receive it. — Publilius Syrus

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are in suffering. — Publilius Syrus

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

Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety. — Publilius Syrus

To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house. — Publilius Syrus

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

The wickedness of the few makes the calamity of the many. — Publilius Syrus

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

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. — Publilius Syrus

A friendship that can end never really began. — Publilius Syrus

Death is fortunate for the child, bitter to the youth, too late to the old. — Publilius Syrus

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

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace. — Publilius Syrus

Through indecision opportunity is often lost. — Publilius Syrus

An end to our getting is the only end to our losses. — Publilius Syrus

To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart. — Publilius Syrus

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

Human reason grows rich by self-conquest. — Publilius Syrus

Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him. — Publilius Syrus

He who fears his servants is less than a servant. — Publilius Syrus

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it. — Publilius Syrus

Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment. — Publilius Syrus

He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time. — Publilius Syrus

What valor cannot win, flattery may. — Publilius Syrus

Be at war with men's vices, at peace with themselves. — Publilius Syrus

Life itself is an insult to the wretched. — Publilius Syrus

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

An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies. — Publilius Syrus

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise. — Publilius Syrus

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

When angry, a man has deserted his body. — Publilius Syrus

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation. — Publilius Syrus

It is hard to recover the lost opportunity. — Publilius Syrus

Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one. — Publilius Syrus

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor. — Publilius Syrus

No man is happy unless he believes he is. — Publilius Syrus

Methinks you are unhappy, if you have never been so. — Publilius Syrus

Confidence is the only bond of friendship. — Publilius Syrus

Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source. — Publilius Syrus

He who violates another's honor loses his own. — Publilius Syrus

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

It is better to arouse envy than pity. — Publilius Syrus

It matters not how long you live, but how well. — Publilius Syrus

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. — Publilius Syrus

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. — Publilius Syrus

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment. — Publilius Syrus

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