Publilius Syrus
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-85 // -43
Poet
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If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself
He whom many fear, has himself many to fear
He who spares the bad injures the good
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken
Familiarity breeds contempt
Each day is the scholar of yesterday
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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