Publius Syrus

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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01In print by 1905 AD

Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.

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02In print by 1905 AD

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocency.

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03In print by 1905 AD

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

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04In print by 1905 AD

Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little.

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05In print by 1905 AD

Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

Publius Syrus / maxim

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06In print by 1896 AD

Poverty is in want of much, but avarice of everything.

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07In print by 1896 AD

It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others.

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08In print by 1896 AD

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.

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09In print by 1896 AD

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.

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10In print by 1896 AD

Vices that are familiar we pardon, and only new ones reprehend.

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11Undated

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

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