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Publilius Syrus

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To do two things at once is to do neither.


— Publilius Syrus


#once #things #two

What is left when honor is lost?


— Publilius Syrus


#left #lost

Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone.


— Publilius Syrus


#inspirational

He is foolish to blame the sea that is shipwrecked twice.


— Publilius Syrus


#inspirational

Nur die Unwissenden verachten die Bildung.


— Publilius Syrus


#education

No one knows what he can do until he tries.


— Publilius Syrus


#tries #until

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.


— Publilius Syrus


#each #scholar #yesterday

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.


— Publilius Syrus


#cannot #forgive #himself #how #unhappy

Where there is unity there is always victory.


— Publilius Syrus


#unity #victory #where

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.


— Publilius Syrus


#calm #helm #hold #sea






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A rolling stone gathers no moss. Publilius was perhaps even more famous as an improviser and received from Caesar himself the prize in a contest in which he vanquiPublilius Syrusd all his competitors including the celebrated Decimus Laberius. His mimes in which he acted himself had a great success in the provincial towns of Italy and at the games given by Caesar in 46 BC.

As of 1911 the best texts of the Sentences were those of Eduard Wölfflin (1869) A. His mimes in which he acted himself had a great success in the provincial towns of Italy and at the games given by Caesar in 46 BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master who freed and educated him.

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