Top 380 Publilius Syrus Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “To die at the command of another is to die twice.”

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352. “There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have.”

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353. “Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.”

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354. “Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.”

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

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

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

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

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

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360. “The little vices of the great must needs be accounted very great.”

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361. “A great fortune enslaves its owner.”

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362. “You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided.”

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363. “He confesses his crime who flees the tribunal.”

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

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365. “Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.”

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366. “It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.”

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367. “He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.”

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368. “The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.”

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369. “He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.”

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370. “A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.”

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371. “What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.”

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372. “Repentance follows hasty counsels.”

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373. “Dangerous he who thinks it safe to die!”

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374. “We must master our good fortune, or it will master us.”

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375. “Give your friend cause to blush, and you will be likely to lose him.”

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376. “Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!”

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377. “The further the fall, the greater the hurt.”

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378. “An end to our getting is the only end to our losses.”

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379. “To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.”

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380. “He Conquers Who Conquers Himself.”

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381. “Many consult their reputation; but few their conscience.”

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382. “As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”

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383. “Either be silent, or say something better than silence.”

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384. “One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are in suffering.”

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385. “Union gives strength to the humble.”

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