Publilius Syrus Quotes and Quotations
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it. As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing. There are some remedies worse than the disease. A fair exterior is a silent recommendation. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. No man is happy unless he believes he is. A wise man never refuses anything to necessity. How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not. He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others. He gives twice who gives promptly. Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own. We die as often as we lose a friend. Friendship neither finds nor makes equals. Each day should be passed as though it were our last. From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. It's a bad plan that can't be changed. The opportunity is often lost by deliberating. No one knows what he can to do until he tries. What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope. He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty. No one reaches a high position without daring. Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear. No one knows what he can do until he tries. The opportunity is often lost by deliberating. No one reaches a high position without daring. We must master our good fortune, or it will master us. It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it. The opportunity is often lost by deliberating. To do two things at once is to do neither. If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea. From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
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