Top 380 Publilius Syrus Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Shun an angry man for a moment-your enemy forever.”

— Publilius Syrus

202. “You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.”

— Publilius Syrus

203. “A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.”

— Publilius Syrus

204. “He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.”

— Publilius Syrus

205. “The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.”

— Publilius Syrus

206. “When you are in love you are not wise; or, when you are wise you are not in love.”

— Publilius Syrus

207. “The wounds of conscience always leave a scar.”

— Publilius Syrus

208. “Friendship is stronger than kindred.”

— Publilius Syrus

209. “The honied tongue hath its poison.”

— Publilius Syrus

210. “It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.”

— Publilius Syrus

211. “The losing side is full of suspicion.”

— Publilius Syrus

212. “It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.”

— Publilius Syrus

213. “A friend must not be injured, even in jest.”

— Publilius Syrus

214. “Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.”

— Publilius Syrus

215. “Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.”

— Publilius Syrus

216. “Prosperity has no power over adversity.”

— Publilius Syrus

217. “The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.”

— Publilius Syrus

218. “Successful guilt is the bane of society.”

— Publilius Syrus

219. “We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.”

— Publilius Syrus

220. “He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.”

— Publilius Syrus

221. “Gain cannot be made without some other person’s loss.”

— Publilius Syrus

222. “Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little.”

— Publilius Syrus

223. “The hope of reward is the solace of labor.”

— Publilius Syrus

224. “Each succeeding day is the scholar of that which went before it.”

— Publilius Syrus

225. “A great man may commence life in a hovel.”

— Publilius Syrus

226. “One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.”

— Publilius Syrus

227. “The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.”

— Publilius Syrus

228. “You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable.”

— Publilius Syrus

229. “At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man’s work.”

— Publilius Syrus

230. “He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.”

— Publilius Syrus

231. “Friendship neither finds nor makes equals.”

— Publilius Syrus

232. “Apathy borders upon folly.”

— Publilius Syrus

233. “Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.”

— Publilius Syrus

234. “Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid.”

— Publilius Syrus

235. “Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.”

— Publilius Syrus

236. “How happy the life unembarrassed by the cares of business!”

— Publilius Syrus

237. “God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.”

— Publilius Syrus

238. “Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss.”

— Publilius Syrus

239. “Cruelty isn’t softened by tears; it feeds on them.”

— Publilius Syrus

240. “When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.”

— Publilius Syrus

241. “You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.”

— Publilius Syrus

242. “The wickedness of the few makes the calamity of the many.”

— Publilius Syrus

243. “He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.”

— Publilius Syrus

244. “A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.”

— Publilius Syrus

245. “Look for a tough wedge for a tough log.”

— Publilius Syrus

246. “We tolerate without rebuke the vices with which we have grown familiar.”

— Publilius Syrus

247. “Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.”

— Publilius Syrus

248. “The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.”

— Publilius Syrus

249. “The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.”

— Publilius Syrus

250. “Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.”

— Publilius Syrus