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Publilius Syrus

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The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.


— Publilius Syrus


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There are some remedies worse than the disease.


— Publilius Syrus


#remedies #some #than #worse

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.


— Publilius Syrus


#good #injury #spares #who

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.


— Publilius Syrus


#favor #graciously #refuse

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


— Publilius Syrus


#corrects #errors #his #man #others

We die as often as we lose a friend.


— Publilius Syrus


#friend #lose #often

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.


— Publilius Syrus


#confer #favor #those #worthy #you

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


— Publilius Syrus


#often #opportunity #our #stop #think

You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.


— Publilius Syrus


#condition #pitiable #tell #wish #you

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.


— Publilius Syrus


#every #foot #put #same #shoe






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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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