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Publilius Syrus

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• “Even a single hair casts its shadow.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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• “Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.”

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• “We may with advantage at times forget what we know.”

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• “Even when the wound is healed, the scar remains.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Even when there is no law, there is conscience.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.”

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• “What is left when honor is lost?”

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• “A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.”

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• “Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.”

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• “When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.”

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• “There are some remedies worse than the disease.”

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• “Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.”

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• “Do not take part in the council, unless you are called.”

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• “By doing nothing men learn to do ill.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.”

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• “Success makes some crimes honorable.”

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• “When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.”

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• “In sterculino plurimum gallus potest.”

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• “No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.”

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• “To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.”

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• “Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”

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• “Practice is the best of all instructors.”

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• “A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.”

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• “He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.”

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• “Never find your delight in another's misfortune.”

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• “The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.”

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• “Saxum volutum non obducitur musco”

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• “Never promise more than you can perform.”

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• “No one should be judge in his own cause.”

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• “Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.”

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• “Quod vult habet, qui cupere quod sat est potest.”

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• “It is only the ignorant who despise education.”

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• “Don't turn back when you are just at the goal.”

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• “No man is happy who does not think himself so.”

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• “He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.”

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• “Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.”

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• “Money alone sets all the world in motion.”

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• “Be your money's master, not its slave.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.”

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• “We should provide in peace what we need in war.”

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• “God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.”

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• “It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.”

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• “No one knows what he can do till he tries.”

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• “They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.”

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• “Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.”

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• “Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”

  Publilius Syrus (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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