Publilius Syrus > Quotes

“The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.”
― Publilius Syrus

“The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.”
― Publilius Syrus

“To do two things at once is to do neither.”
― Publilius Syrus

“Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone.”
― Publilius Syrus

“No man is happy unless he believes he is.”
― Publilius

“How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.”
― Publilius Syrus

“An angry man is, again, angry with himself when he returns to reason.”
― Publilius Syrus

“He who violates another's honor loses his own.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“What is left when honor is lost?”
― Publilius Syrus

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
― Publilius Syrus

“The poor lack much, the greedy everything.”
― Publilius Syrus

“We Are Interested In Others When They Are Interested In Us”
― Publilius Syrus

“Any land is your country where you can live happy.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“We should keep our word even to the undeserving.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.”
― Publilius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“From the errors of others,
a wise man corrects his own.”
― Publilius Syrus

“bis vincit qui se vincit - he conquers twice who conquers himself”
― Publius Syrus

“A friendship that can end never really began.”
― Publilius Syrus

“A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.”
― Publilius Syrus

“Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
― Publilius Syrus

“There is no sight in the eye, when the mind does not gaze.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“When angry, a man has deserted his body.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“It is better to learn late than never.”
― Publilius Syrus

“Lovers know what they want, but not what they need.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.”
― Publilius Syrus

“To be always giving, is to encourage a forcible taking when you refuse to give.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

“Either be silent, or say something better than silence.”
― Publilius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus

“Seek to please many, and you seek a failure.”
― Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave