Publilius Syrus
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-85 // -43
Poet
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Some remedies are worse than the disease
Practice is the best of all instructors
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit
Pain forces even the innocent to lie
No one knows what he can do until he tries
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage
It is only the ignorant who despise education
It is not every question that deserves an answer
It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door
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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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