Quotes from Publilius Syrus
Never find your delight in another's misfortune.
- Publilius Syrus
Speech is a mirror of the soul as a man speaks, so is he.
- Publilius Syrus
The empire of custom is most mighty.
- Publilius Syrus
The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.
- Publilius Syrus
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
- Publilius Syrus
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
- Publilius Syrus
It is better to learn late than never.
- Publilius Syrus
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
- Publilius Syrus
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]
- Publilius Syrus
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him.
- Publilius Syrus
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
- Publilius Syrus
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.
- Publilius Syrus