From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
- Publilius Syrus
Wisdom, Wise, His, Corrects
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
- Publilius Syrus
Question, Deserves, Every, Answer
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
- Publilius Syrus
Fear, Courage, Hesitation, Audacity
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
- Publilius Syrus
Forget, Them, Wrongs, Remedy
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
- Publilius Syrus
Art, Face, Expression, Phantom
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
- Publilius Syrus
Tongue, Will, His, Sage
It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.
- Publilius Syrus
Deny, Refuse, Immediately, Intend
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.
- Publilius Syrus
Greatness, Bottom, Despise, Ascent
The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
- Publilius Syrus
Himself, Thrifty, Calls, Sordid
Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
- Publilius Syrus
Life, Yesterday, Each Day, Scholar
One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
- Publilius Syrus
Safety, Always, Even, Exposed
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
- Publilius Syrus
Laws, His, Lives, Solitude
The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.
- Publilius Syrus
Love, Made, Wounds, Healed
He who spares the bad injures the good.
- Publilius Syrus
Good, Bad, He, Spares
They do injury to the good who spares the bad.
- Publilius Syrus
Good, Bad, Injury, Spares
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
- Publilius Syrus
Gift, Double, Favor, Season
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
- Publilius Syrus
Plan, Bad, Modification
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
- Publilius Syrus
Same, Cannot, Every, Shoe
Take care that no one hates you justly.
- Publilius Syrus
Take Care, Take, Hates, Justly
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
- Publilius Syrus
Person, How, Most, Receives
The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.
- Publilius Syrus
Guilty, Found, Acquitted, Criminal
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
- Publilius Syrus
Them, Your, Openly, Privately
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
- Publilius Syrus
Want, Much, He, Miser
A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.
- Publilius Syrus
Beautiful, Face, Mute, Recommendation
The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Happy, Himself, Thus, Happy Man
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
- Publilius Syrus
Wish, Conceal, Condition, Pitiable
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
- Publilius Syrus
Habit, Powerful, Indeed, Empire
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
- Publilius Syrus
Fraud, Pay, Unable, Borrow
Practice is the best of all instructors.
- Publilius Syrus
Best, Practice, Instructor
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
- Publilius Syrus
Sea, Calm, Anyone, Helm
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
- Publilius Syrus
World, Will, Among, Retail
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
- Publilius Syrus
Step, First Step, Judgment, Hasty
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
- Publilius Syrus
Process, Born, Makes, Princes
Some remedies are worse than the disease.
- Publilius Syrus
Some, Disease, Than, Remedies
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
- Publilius Syrus
Some, Disease, Than, Remedies
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
- Publilius Syrus
Anger, Reason, Himself, Returns
Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
- Publilius Syrus
Pain, Innocent, Even, Forces
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
- Publilius Syrus
Secret, Them, Your, Openly
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
- Publilius Syrus
Silent, Never, Been, Spoken
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
- Publilius Syrus
Learn, See, Which, Calamity
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
- Publilius Syrus
Money, More, Than, Valuable
To do two things at once is to do neither.
- Publilius Syrus
Two, Once, Things, Neither
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
- Publilius Syrus
Wisdom, Wish, Highest, Begin
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
- Publilius Syrus
Opportunity, Think, Stop, Miss
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
- Publilius Syrus
He, Tries, Until, Knows
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
- Publilius Syrus
Door, Next, Folly, Neighbor
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
- Publilius Syrus
Good, Learn, A Good Thing, Good Thing
The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.
- Publilius Syrus
Anger, Recollection, Bare
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
- Publilius Syrus
Disguise, Heir, Weeping, Laughter
He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.
- Publilius Syrus
Fear, Himself, Many, Whom
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
- Publilius Syrus
Great, Blessings, Good Sense, Good Health
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
- Publilius Syrus
Accomplish, You, Cannot, Force
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
- Publilius Syrus
Favor, Refuse
God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.
- Publilius Syrus
Hands, Clean, Looks, Full
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
- Publilius Syrus
Education, Only, Despise, Ignorant
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
- Publilius Syrus
Worthy, You, Benefit, Favor
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
- Publilius Syrus
Courage, Holding, Grows, Valor
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
- Publilius Syrus
Mind, Seeing, Does, Responsible
An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Himself, Most, Dad, Cruel
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
- Publilius Syrus
Treat, Enemy, Might, Friend
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
- Publilius Syrus
Money, Broken, Glass, Brighter
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
- Publilius Syrus
Mirror, Soul, Speech
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
- Publilius Syrus
Adversity, Makes, Tries, Prosperity
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
- Publilius Syrus
Honor, Lose, More, Lost
Never promise more than you can perform.
- Publilius Syrus
Never, More, Than, Perform
It is better to learn late than never.
- Publilius Syrus
Education, Never, Better, Late
Where there is unity there is always victory.
- Publilius Syrus
Unity, Always, Where, Victory
What is left when honor is lost?
- Publilius Syrus
Lost, Left, Honor
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Forgiveness, How, Himself, Unhappy
The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.
- Publilius Syrus
Opportunity, Lost, Often, Business
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