Publilius Syrus
146 quotes
Biography
Publilius Syrus was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Roman Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy.
"What is left when honor is lost?"
"Each day is the scholar of yesterday."
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."
"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
"Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it."
"Do not turn back when you are just at the goal."
"Never promise more than you can perform."
"Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter."
"Alienum aes homini ingenuo acerba est servitus."
"Ames parentem, si aequus est, si aliter, feras."
"Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor."
"Honesta fama melior est pecunia."
"Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas"
"He who helps the guilty, shares the crime."
"Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona."
"Inopiae desunt multa, avaritiae omnia."
"Fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit."
"Fortuna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitur."
"In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest."
"Iudex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur."
"Necessitas dat legem non ipsa accipit."
"Malum est consilium, quod mutari non potest."
"Invitat culpam qui peccatum praeterit"
"Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere."
"Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est."