Publilius Syrus
Ancient Rome
-85 // -43
Poet
-85 // -43
Poet
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There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them
The opportunity is often lost by deliberating
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not
The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted
The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing
The bare recollection of anger kindles anger
Take care that no one hates you justly
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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