Publilius Syrus quotes - page 8

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. (Publilius Syrus)
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs. View quote
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Too much straightforwardness is foolish against a shameless person. View quote
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Poverty is the lack of many things, but avarice is the lack of all things. View quote
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Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt. View quote
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Observation, not old age, brings wisdom. View quote
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The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. View quote
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No one reaches a high position without daring. View quote
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To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it. View quote
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Poverty wants much but avarice, everything. View quote
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The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty. (Publilius Syrus)
To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house. View quote
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Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little. View quote
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When you are at sea, keep clear of the land. View quote
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That should be considered long which can be decided but once. View quote
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Every vice has its excuse ready. View quote
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If you would live innocently, seek solitude. View quote
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Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time. View quote
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There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have. View quote
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It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man. View quote
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God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands. (Publilius Syrus)
It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes. View quote
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The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present. View quote
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He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so. View quote
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The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. View quote
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