Top 380 Publilius Syrus Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “The poor lack much, the greedy everything.”

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Publilius Syrus

54. “Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.”

— Publilius Syrus

55. “A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey.”

— Publilius Syrus

56. “A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.”

— Publilius Syrus

57. “We Are Interested In Others When They Are Interested In Us.”

— Publilius Syrus

58. “They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands.”

— Publilius Syrus

59. “There is no medicine to cure hatred.”

— Publilius Syrus

60. “Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.”

— Publilius Syrus

61. “How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.”

— Publilius Syrus

62. “Take care that no one hates you justly.”

— Publilius Syrus

63. “No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.”

— Publilius Syrus

64. “In doubtful matters boldness is everything.”

— Publilius Syrus

65. “Opportunity is lost by deliberation.”

— Publilius Syrus

66. “To accept a favor is to sell one’s freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere.”

— Publilius Syrus

67. “Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”

— Publilius Syrus

68. “If you can walk, you can run.”

— Publilius Syrus

69. “Through indecision opportunity is often lost.”

— Publilius Syrus

70. “The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.”

— Publilius Syrus

71. “It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.”

— Publilius Syrus

72. “Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.”

— Publilius Syrus

73. “He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.”

— Publilius Syrus

74. “In every enterprise consider where you would come out.”

— Publilius Syrus

75. “To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house.”

— Publilius Syrus

76. “The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.”

— Publilius Syrus

77. “Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.”

— Publilius Syrus

78. “God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.”

— Publilius Syrus

79. “He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.”

— Publilius Syrus

80. “The evil you do to others you may expect in return.”

— Publilius Syrus

81. “To-day is the pupil of yesterday.”

— Publilius Syrus

82. “An evil gain equals a loss.”

— Publilius Syrus

83. “You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.”

— Publilius Syrus

84. “We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.”

— Publilius Syrus

85. “In love, anger is always false.”

— Publilius Syrus

86. “It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”

— Publilius Syrus

87. “Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed.”

— Publilius Syrus

88. “For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.”

— Publilius Syrus

89. “When innocence trembles, it condemns the judge.”

— Publilius Syrus

90. “When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears.”

— Publilius Syrus

91. “Deliberando saepe perit occasio.”

— Publilius Syrus

92. “In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.”

— Publilius Syrus

93. “He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.”

— Publilius Syrus

94. “The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.”

— Publilius Syrus

95. “To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.”

— Publilius Syrus

96. “Man’s life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.”

— Publilius Syrus

97. “A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost.”

— Publilius Syrus

98. “Every vice has its excuse ready.”

— Publilius Syrus

99. “Always shun whatever may make you angry.”

— Publilius Syrus

100. “Discord gives a relish for concord.”

— Publilius Syrus