Quotes from Publilius Syrus
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly
- Publilius Syrus
Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely
- Publilius Syrus
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
- Publilius Syrus
Take care that no one hates you justly.
- Publilius Syrus
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety
- Publilius Syrus
Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.
- Publilius Syrus
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
- Publilius Syrus
You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.
- Publilius Syrus
Frugality is misery in disguise.
- Publilius Syrus
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
- Publilius Syrus
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
- Publilius Syrus
For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
- Publilius Syrus