Top 380 Publilius Syrus Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another’s mishap.”

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152. “When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.”

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153. “When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotant.”

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154. “Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.”

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155. “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.”

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156. “Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.”

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157. “Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.”

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158. “The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.”

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159. “The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.”

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160. “It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it.”

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161. “Man has been lent, not given, to life.”

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162. “To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.”

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163. “Money should be mastered, not served.”

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164. “It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.”

— Publilius Syrus

165. “The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self.”

— Publilius Syrus

166. “Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.”

— Publilius Syrus

167. “A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.”

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168. “He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again.”

— Publilius Syrus

169. “Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.”

— Publilius Syrus

170. “It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.”

— Publilius Syrus

171. “If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.”

— Publilius Syrus

172. “Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.”

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173. “Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.”

— Publilius Syrus

174. “Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.”

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175. “It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.”

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176. “He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.”

— Publilius Syrus

177. “Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.”

— Publilius Syrus

178. “Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself.”

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179. “He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.”

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180. “In excess altercation, truth is lost.”

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181. “When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.”

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182. “It is time, not the mind, that puts an end to love.”

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183. “He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.”

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184. “Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours.”

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185. “We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.”

— Publilius Syrus

186. “While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.”

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187. “The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.”

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188. “It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.”

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189. “Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.”

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190. “He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.”

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191. “The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.”

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192. “He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy.”

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193. “Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.”

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194. “Death is fortunate for the child, bitter to the youth, too late to the old.”

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195. “Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.”

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196. “To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.”

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197. “A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.”

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198. “There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.”

— Publilius Syrus

199. “You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.”

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200. “He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.”

— Publilius Syrus