Publilius Syrus
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-85 // -43
Poet
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Patience is the remedy for every misfortune
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext
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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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