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He threatens many who injures one.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

In quarreling, the truth is always lost.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

Never thrust your sickle into another’s corn.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
(Attributed)

A timid man sees dangers that do not exist.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Moral Sayings, #688 [tr. D. Lyman, Jr (1862)]

You are eloquent enough if truth speaks through you.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Moral Sayings, #861 [tr. D. Lyman Jr (1862)]

A small loan makes a debtor; a great one, an enemy.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Moral Sayings, 12 [tr. D. Lymnan, Jr (1862)]

We are interested in others when they are interested in us.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Moral Sayings, 16 [tr. D. Lyman, Jr (1862)]

In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.
[Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.]

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #358

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #557

Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.
[He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.]

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #6

Consult your conscience, rather than popular opinion.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae #146 [tr. D. Lyman, Jr. (1862)]

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, #524

To do two things at once is to do neither.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, #7

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, #847

Honesta fama melior pecunia est.
[A good reputation is more valuable than money.]

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #108

He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #139

What is left when honor is lost?

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #265

Fortune is like glass — the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

[Fortuna uitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitur.]

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #280

A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.

[In sterculino plurimum gallus potest.] 

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #357

Practice is the best of all instructors.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #439

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

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #459

Never find your delight in another’s misfortune.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #467

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #469

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #559

Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.

[Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.]

 

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #911

From an ancient Greek proverb (5th century BC or earlier)

It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim #995

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher
Sententiae, Maxim 584