Explore Quotes by Publilius Syrus

To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house.

He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.

There is no medicine to cure hatred.

Even one hair has a shadow.

Where there is unity, there is the victory.

It's a bad plan that can't be changed.

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

Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere

Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.