Publilius Syrus
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-85 // -43
Poet
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Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken
Familiarity breeds contempt
Each day is the scholar of yesterday
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly
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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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