Top 100 Publilius Quotes
#1. A wise man is the master of his own mind" "A fool is a slave to his" - Publilius Syrus
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#2. To do two things at once is to do neither." - Publilius Syrus
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#7. The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
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#11. There is no fortune so good that you can find nothing in it to complain of.
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#15. Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.
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#17. He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.
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#22. No one knows what it is that he can do until he tries.
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#23. The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
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#24. Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself.
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#26. They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands.
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#28. You must die, but not as often as you may have wished.
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#30. You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable.
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#31. To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
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#32. The gladiator lays his plans after he enters the arena.
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#33. His own character is the arbiter of every ones fortune.
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#34. To have the universe bear one company, would be a great consolation in death.
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#36. He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.
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#38. The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
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#39. If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.
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#41. An angry man is, again, angry with himself when he returns to reason.
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#42. Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.
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#44. The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.
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#45. Bright faculties are a source of wisdom, not length of years.
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#51. Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.
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#54. Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
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#56. With little loan you get a friend, with big loan an enemy.
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#62. It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
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#63. There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.
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#64. To be always giving, is to encourage a forcible taking when you refuse to give.
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#65. Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed
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#66. There's nothing which the lapse of time will not either extinguish or improve.
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#67. He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.
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#71. Consider the useful agreeable, even though if were not.
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#72. That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
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#74. If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
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#78. He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.
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#80. Who would recognize the unhappy if grief had no language?
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#82. The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
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#84. Who knows how great are the secret pangs of conscience?
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#85. That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy.
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#89. That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
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#94. Bis vincit qui se vincit - he conquers twice who conquers himself
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#96. A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.
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#100. He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again.
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