Top 380 Publilius Syrus Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.”

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302. “The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.”

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303. “A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.”

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304. “Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.”

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305. “When you are at sea, keep clear of the land.”

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306. “It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies.”

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307. “To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles.”

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308. “One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another like a mother.”

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309. “The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.”

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310. “Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.”

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311. “To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one’s self.”

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312. “Death laughs when old women frolic.”

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313. “It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.”

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314. “That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.”

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315. “Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own.”

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316. “What valor cannot win, flattery may.”

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317. “Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.”

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318. “He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.”

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319. “Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.”

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320. “It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.”

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321. “He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.”

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322. “It is vain to look for a defense against lightning.”

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323. “The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.”

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324. “Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.”

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325. “Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.”

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326. “All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.”

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327. “Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.”

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328. “When Providence favors, you can make a safe voyage on a twig.”

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329. “Excessive severity misses its own aim.”

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330. “It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.”

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331. “What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.”

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332. “Lovers know what they want, but not what they need.”

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333. “Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.”

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334. “A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.”

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335. “Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.”

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336. “Vices that are familiar we pardon, and only new ones reprehend.”

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337. “When the bad imitate the good, there is no knowing what mischief is intended.”

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338. “Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.”

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339. “It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.”

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340. “To have the universe bear one company would be a great consolation in death.”

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341. “It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.”

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342. “He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.”

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343. “Every one excels in something in which another fails.”

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344. “The eye strays not while under the guidance of reason.”

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345. “It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores.”

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346. “Men will judge your past deeds by your last.”

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347. “That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.”

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348. “A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.”

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349. “To die at the command of another is to die twice.”

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350. “We may with advantage at times forget what we know.”

— Publilius Syrus