Top 380 Publilius Syrus Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “What is left when honor is lost?”

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2. “Debt is the slavery of the free.”

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3. “A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.”

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4. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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5. “Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.”

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6. “A guilty conscience never feels secure.”

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7. “Equanimity is calamity’s medicine.”

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8. “Not every question deserves an answer.”

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9. “Practice is the best of all instructors.”

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10. “Where there is unity, there is the victory.”

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11. “The power of habit is very strong.”

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12. “Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.”

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13. “Be your money’s master, not its slave.”

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14. “Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur.”

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15. “A good reputation is more valuable than money.”

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16. “Speech is the mirror of the soul.”

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17. “A rolling stone can gather no moss.”

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18. “Never find your delight in another’s misfortune.”

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19. “The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.”

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20. “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”

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21. “From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.”

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22. “It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.”

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

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24. “No one know what he can do till he tries.”

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25. “Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.”

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26. “It is only the ignorant who despise education.”

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27. “Many receive advice, few profit by it.”

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28. “Pardon others often, thyself never.”

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29. “It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.”

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30. “A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium.”

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31. “To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.”

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32. “Never promise more than you can perform.”

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33. “Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”

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34. “Only the bold get to the top.”

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35. “No good man ever became suddenly rich.”

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36. “Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”

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37. “The eyes start love; intimacy perfects it.”

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38. “Necessity knows no law except to conquer.”

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39. “The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.”

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40. “It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.”

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41. “Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.”

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42. “Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.”

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43. “A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.”

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44. “One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.”

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45. “I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.”

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46. “A small loan makes a debt; a great one an enemy.”

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47. “Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.”

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48. “A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.”

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49. “It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes.”

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50. “No one reaches a high position without daring.”

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