Quotes from Publilius Syrus


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The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.


Never promise more than you can perform.


Each day is the scholar of yesterday.


It is only the ignorant who despise education.


It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.


The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.


You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.


It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.


A good reputation is more valuable than money.


Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.


From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.


Where there is unity there is always victory.


Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.


If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.


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


A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.


No one knows what he can do until he tries.


An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.


It is better to learn late than never.


The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.