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“The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.”
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“The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.”
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“To do two things at once is to do neither.”
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“Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone.”
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“No man is happy unless he believes he is.”
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“How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.”
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“He who violates another's honor loses his own.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“What is left when honor is lost?”
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“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
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“The poor lack much, the greedy everything.”
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“An angry man is, again, angry with himself when he returns to reason.”
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“Any land is your country where you can live happy.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“We Are Interested In Others When They Are Interested In Us”
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“Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“We should keep our word even to the undeserving.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“From the errors of others,
a wise man corrects his own.”
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a wise man corrects his own.”
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“bis vincit qui se vincit - he conquers twice who conquers himself”
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“It is better to learn late than never.”
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“When angry, a man has deserted his body.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“There is no sight in the eye, when the mind does not gaze.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.”
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“Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
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“Lovers know what they want, but not what they need.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“A friendship that can end never really began.”
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“Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.”
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“Debt is the slavery of the free”
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“Seek to please many, and you seek a failure.”
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
― The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
“To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.”
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