Publilius Syrus Quotes - Page 12

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• The wretched reflect either too much or too little.

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  Littles, Too Much, Unhappiness

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• Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss.

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  Kissing, Hatred, Countenance

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• The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.

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  Disappointment, Refusal, Disappointment In Friends

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• He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.

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  Triumph, Hours, Conqueror

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• You should not live one way in private, another in public.

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  Character, Way, Should

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• Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back.

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  Brave, Holding Back

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• The honied tongue hath its poison.

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  Poison, Tongue

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• A friend must not be injured, even in jest.

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  Friends, Jest, Injured

  "Maxims".

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• Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.

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  Fashion, Vices, Flattery

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 276-77, Maxims, 1922.

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• You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.

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  Wish, Conditions, Ifs

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• It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.

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  Hands, Suffering, Complaining

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• Necessity gives the law and does not itself receive it.

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  Law, Giving, Doe

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• No tears are shed when an enemy dies.

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  Enemy, Tears, Shed

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 376, 1856.

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• A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

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  Husband, Wife, Virtuous

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• Friendship either finds or makes equals.

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  Friendship

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• Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.

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  Injury, Misfortunes Of Others, Misfortunes

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• Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

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  Delay, Speed, Anxious

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• You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

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  Wisdom, Opportunity, Glowing

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 262, 1856.

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• You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.

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  Tree, Advice, Pears

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• All powerful is the rule of fashion.

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  Fashion, Powerful

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• Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

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  Growing Up, Grief, Grows

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• To-day is the pupil of yesterday

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  Yesterday, Pupils

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• There is more of fear than delight in a secret pleasure.

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  Secret, Delight, Pleasure

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• Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

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  Reputation, Difficult, Alas

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• A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey.

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  Journey, Length, Companion

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