03 December 2023

Week 2023-48: Publilius Syrus - Collected Quotes

"A thing is worth whatever the buyer will pay for it." (Publilius Syrus)

"A wise man never refuses anything to necessity." (Publilius Syrus)

"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm." (Publilius Syrus)

"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear." (Publilius Syrus)

"Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not." (Publilius Syrus)

"Each day should be passed as though it were our last." (Publilius Syrus)

"Friendship neither finds nor makes equals." (Publilius Syrus)

"From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own." (Publilius Syrus)

"He gives twice who gives promptly." (Publilius Syrus)

"He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty." (Publilius Syrus)

"He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea." (Publilius Syrus)

"He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others." (Publilius Syrus)

"How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself." (Publilius Syrus)

"If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest." (Publilius Syrus)

"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification." (Publilius Syrus)

"It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it." (Publilius Syrus)

"It's a bad plan that can't be changed." (Publilius Syrus)

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

"No man is happy unless he believes he is." (Publilius Syrus)

"No one knows what he can do until he tries." (Publilius Syrus)

"No one reaches a high position without daring." (Publilius Syrus)

"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them." (Publilius Syrus)

"Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so he is." " (Publilius Syrus)

"The opportunity is often lost by deliberating." (Publilius Syrus)

"To do two things at once is to do neither." (Publilius Syrus)

"Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own." (Publilius Syrus)

"We die as often as we lose a friend." (Publilius Syrus)

"We may with advantage at times forget what we know." (Publilius Syrus)

"We must master our good fortune, or it will master us." (Publilius Syrus)

"What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope." (Publilius Syrus)

"When you are at sea, keep clear of the land." (Publilius Syrus)

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