A beautiful face is a silent commendation.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeA good reputation is more valuable than money.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeAnyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeBitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeConfession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeFor a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeFortune is like glass—the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeHe doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeIf your parent is just, revere him; if not, bear with him.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeIn knowing nothing, life is most delightful
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeIt is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeIt is more easy to get a favor from Fortune than to keep it.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeLet a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeNecessity gives the law without itself acknowledging one.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaePardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaePenitence follows hasty decisions.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaePoverty is the lack of many things, but avarice is the lack of all things.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeThe judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeToo much straightforwardness is foolish against a shameless person.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeWhen Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Publilius Syrus, SententiaeWhom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
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- Publilius Syrus (Wikipedia)
Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC), was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius, astronomer - not the famous Manilius of the 1st century AD (see Pliny, NH X, 4-5), and Staberius Eros the grammarian. By his wit and talent, Syrus won the favour of his master, who granted him manumission and educated him. He became a member of the Publilia gens. Publilius’ name, due to the palatalization of ’l’ between two ‘i’s in the Early Middle Ages, is often presented by manuscripts (and some printed editions) in corrupt form as ‘Publius’, Publius being a very common Roman praenomen.
