Many receive advice, few profit by it.
Wisdom
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Quotes by Publilius Syrus
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A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
Wisdom
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
Wisdom
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
Wisdom
Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
Wisdom
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Wisdom
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.
Wisdom
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Happiness
The judge is condemned when the criminal is acquitted.
Wisdom
Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.
Life
Necessity gives the law, but does not itself submit to it.
Wisdom
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
Wisdom
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Wisdom
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
Wisdom
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
Wisdom
He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
Wisdom
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
Wisdom
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
Wisdom