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Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.

Publilius Syrus

Ignorance, Ignorant, Half

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 865, 1856.

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There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have.

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Gains, Wealth, Economy

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No one knows what he can do till he tries.

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Maturity, Long, Excellence

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 786, 1856.

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It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

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Kindness, Integrity, Men

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He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.

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Wise, Gains, Mishaps

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A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.

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Kindness, Needs

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To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.

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Loss, Losing Friends, Losing Friendship

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Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.

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Destiny, Blunders, Prudence

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No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it.

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Long, Lasts, Pleasure

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Even one hair has a shadow.

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Latin, Hair, Shadow

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Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.

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Please, Variety

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It is time, not the mind, that puts an end to love.

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Mind, Ends

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God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.

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Hands, Looks, Favors

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Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

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Tears, Sadism, Savages

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He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

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Peace, Fear, War

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It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores.

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Criticism, World, Adore

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No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.

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Men, Hours, Fortune

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He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

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Single, Law, Solitude

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It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

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Fear, Foolish, Foolishness

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Where there is unity, there is the victory.

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Latin, Unity, Victory

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Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

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Life, Law, Conscience

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 237, 1856.

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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.

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Depression, Pain, Mind

Sententiae

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When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears.

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Despise

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Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.

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Scar, Healed, Remains

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 236, 1856.

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He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

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Suffering, Neptune, Blame

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Born: 85 BC
Died: 43
Occupation: Writer
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