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Publilius Syrus

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An angry father is most cruel towards himself.


— Publilius Syrus


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


— Publilius Syrus


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Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.


— Publilius Syrus


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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.


— Publilius Syrus


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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.


— Publilius Syrus


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He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.


— Publilius Syrus


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Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.


— Publilius Syrus


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


— Publilius Syrus


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It is only the ignorant who despise education.


— Publilius Syrus


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Pain forces even the innocent to lie.


— Publilius Syrus


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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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