Famous Publilius Syrus Quotes
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
Publilius Syrus
We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.
Publilius Syrus
If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.
Publilius Syrus
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Publilius Syrus
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
Publilius Syrus
Some remedies are worse than the disease.
Publilius Syrus
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
Publilius Syrus
It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.
Publilius Syrus
Never promise more than you can perform.
Publilius Syrus
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
Publilius Syrus
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
Publilius Syrus
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
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You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
Publilius Syrus
Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
Publilius Syrus
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
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He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
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