The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Thrift, Money
A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Acceptance, Necessity
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Wisdom, Role models, Failures, Mistakes
He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Victory, Discipline, Self-Discovery
A guilty conscience never feels secure.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: One liners, Guilt
No one reaches a high position without daring.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Success, Virtues, Risk, Courage, Bravery
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
—Publilius Syrus
If you would live innocently, seek solitude.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Innocence
An unruly patient makes a harsh physician.
—Publilius Syrus
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Fortune
He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Caution
The next day is never so good as the day before.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Time, Past, The Past
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Loss
That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Decisions, Thought, Reason
Every vice has its excuse ready.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Excuses, Virtue, Vice
He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Anxiety, Fear
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Kindness
It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Kindness
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Pain
On the pain involved in most change: There is no fruit that is not bitter before it is ripe.
—Publilius Syrus
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Growth, Civilization
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Flattery
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Questions
Each day should be passed as though it were our last.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Time Management
Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Misfortunes, Fortune
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Pleasure
A man’s own character is the arbiter of his fortune.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Success, Success & Failure
Some remedies are worse than the disease.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Medicine
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.
—Publilius Syrus
Topics: Gratitude, Ingratitude
Never promise more than you can perform.
—Publilius Syrus
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Catullus Roman Latin Poet
- Martial Ancient Roman Latin Poet
- Ausonius Latin Poet, Rhetorician
- Seneca the Elder (Marcus Annaeus Seneca) Roman Rhetorician
- Quintilian Roman Rhetorician, Literary Critic
- Virgil Roman Poet
- Cornelius Nepos Roman Historian
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman Poet
- Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Roman Poet
- Julius Caesar Roman Ruler
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