Publilius Syrus Quotes
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It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.
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Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
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Even a single hair casts its shadow.
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He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
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He who spares the bad injures the good.
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Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
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They do injury to the good who spares the bad.
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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
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Success makes some crimes honorable.
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Invitat culpam qui peccatum praeterit
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When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
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The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
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Speech is the mirror of the soul.
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Have courage, or cunning, when you deal with an enemy.
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Never find your delight in another's misfortune.
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I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
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Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
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There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.