Life is short, but its ills make it seem long


Publilius Syrus

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Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.
PAULO COELHO
The art is long, life is short.
HIPPOCRATES
Life is short, the art long.
HIPPOCRATES
Time is long but life is short.
STEVIE WONDER
People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long.
FRANK ABAGNALE
Life is short but it need us through a long way.
HANNANI HUSNA MARZUKI
Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
DAVID STARR JORDAN
Well, it does make you realize that life, even at its longest, is still very short.
KAIRA ROUDA
it's always important to do what you want, Life is too short to live with Regrets.
SHELLI THOMPSON
It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN
Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
DAVID STARR JORDAN
Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for
DAVID STARR JORDAN
Life is a long road or it can also be a short one its what you do in your life that will define you ...
GARY F EVANS...
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion
SYLVIA PLATH
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.
SYLVIA PLATH
Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.
SARAH LOUISE DELANY
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
ELON MUSK
Life may sometimes seem like it is slipping away but its really creeping up on you!
THOMAS WALLACE SCHERZER
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.
GENE FOWLER
The art is long, life is short
HIPPOCRATES
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
JOSH BILLINGS
Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY
People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long.
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN
The short-term economic consequences might not be pretty. But long-term, it might make sense.
JAMES ACKOR
As in all cases where people are involved in tragedies, there does seem to be some slowdown to other...
EUGENE TEMPEL
As in all cases where people are involved in tragedies, there does seem to be some slowdown to other...
EUGENE TEMPEL
Life is too short for a long story.
MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU
Life is too short to long for money.
UNKNOWN
Life is short, make your mark and enjoy it while it last
SOTONYE ANGA
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
JOSH BILLINGS
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined
JOSH BILLINGS
Short cuts make long delays.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Short judgments make long friends.
PROVERB
Short cuts make long delays.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
HIPPOCRATES
Have fun...life is short. Be good...eternity is long.
JODI L. PHELAN
Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.
JOHANN VON GOETHE
Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
If the weekend ain't long; its too short
MOHIT KHEMLANI
Life is short, and it is here to be lived.
KATE WINSLET
Life is short and progress is slow.
GABRIEL LIPPMANN
Life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest.
JOHN WALTERS
Art is eternal, but life is short.
EVELYN DE MORGAN
It is long and hard and painful to create life: it is short and easy to steal the life others have m...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
“Ars longa, vita brevis." (Life is short, the art long.)
HIPPOCRATES
My life is short. I can't listen to banality.
V. S. NAIPAUL
Life is short. Don't waste it being comfortable.
LEONARDO CAPILI
The greatest thing in life is finding someone who knows all about you and your mistakes, and still s...
DHARM BABU
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste w...
SARAH BERNHARDT
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste w...
ROLAND BARTHES
Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I hav...
C.S. LEWIS
Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to ha...
CAROLINA HERRERA
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult
HIPPOCRATES
God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Short cuts make long delays,’ argued Pippin.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
When I saw you, my world changed. Life used to be long... but now… it seems short; like there is n...
AILANY ICASSATTI
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overc...
CARL JUNG
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overc...
CARL GUSTAV JUNG
With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i...
STEVEN STRAIT
When I went to the University, the medical school was the only place where one could hope to find th...
ALBERT CLAUDE
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. But if you do, make new ones. Life is too short to make the wrong ...
JOYCE RACHELLE
Life is too short to be on a diet.
TAYLOR JENKINS REID
Life is too short to blend in.
PARIS HILTON
Life is too short not to experiment.
JAMELIA
Life is too short not to enjoy it.
GLEN CAMPBELL
Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone.
ROSCOE MITCHELL
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent. [Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod po...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
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A guilty conscience never feels secure.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
No good man ever became suddenly rich. [Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny. [Lat., Pars beneficii est, quod peti...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled. [Lat., Bis gratum est, quod dato...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
If you can walk, you can run.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
A cock has great influence on this own dunghill.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
In excessive altercation, truth is lost. [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. [Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehic...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
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Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.
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One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus n...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate. [Lat., Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
An evil gain equals a loss. [Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
The next day is never so good as the day before.
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Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
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It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
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Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent. [Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod po...
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Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
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A guilty conscience never feels secure.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
No good man ever became suddenly rich. [Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]
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It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny. [Lat., Pars beneficii est, quod peti...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled. [Lat., Bis gratum est, quod dato...
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Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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If you can walk, you can run.
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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No one knows what he can do till he tries.
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A cock has great influence on this own dunghill.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
In excessive altercation, truth is lost. [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
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A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. [Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehic...
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It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
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The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
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Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus n...
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.
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Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate. [Lat., Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
An evil gain equals a loss. [Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
The next day is never so good as the day before.
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The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest avaro quod h...
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The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
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It is better to have a little than nothing.
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To do two things at once is to do neither.
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He gets through too late who goes too fast.
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We may with advantage forget what we know.
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It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
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It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum exped...
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He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time. [Lat., Inprobe Neptunum accusat, qu...
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The losing side is full of suspicion. [Lat., Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio.]
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No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
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The remedy for wrongs is to forget them. [Lat., Injuriarum remedium est oblivio.]
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One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
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Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty. [Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordi...
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Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
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A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel. [Lat., Crudelem medicum intemperans aeger facit.]
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When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
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Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laud...
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Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
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A good reputation is more valuable than money.
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He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. [Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.]
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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
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The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. [Lat., Aliena nobis,...
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We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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They make a desert and they call it peace.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
SYRUS PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
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Common report is not always wrong.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Familiarity breeds contempt. [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
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Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
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The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted. [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
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Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum ...
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Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
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No one should be judge in his own cause.
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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
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From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
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A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.
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He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.
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We die as often as we lose a friend.
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At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
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A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.
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The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
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Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
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A rolling stone can gather no moss.
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No one reaches a high position without daring.
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The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.
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All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.
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Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
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Practice is the best of all instructors.
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Some remedies are worse than the disease.
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There are some remedies worse than the disease.
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The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.
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Opportunity is lost by deliberation.
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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
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No one knows what he can do till he tries.
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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
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Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.
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The next day is never so good as the day before.
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It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
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Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
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An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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It is bad advice that cannot be changed.
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It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
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He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.
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Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.
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To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.
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If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
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That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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Take care that no one hates you justly.
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How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
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One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people.
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One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.
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He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
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No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
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To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
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It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
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To do two things at once is to do neither.
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Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
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What valor cannot win, flattery may.
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An angry father is most cruel toward himself.
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Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
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Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
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The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
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To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
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When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
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It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.
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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
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He who spares the bad injures the good.
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They do injury to the good who spares the bad.
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A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
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The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
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If you would live innocently, seek solitude.
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It is not every question that deserves an answer.
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
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Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.
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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
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The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
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The empire of custom is most mighty.
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It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
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I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
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In quarreling the truth is always lost
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Debt is the slavery of the free.
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As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
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Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
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Confidence is the bond of friendship.
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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Every vice has its excuse ready.
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Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom
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Practice is the best of all instructors
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The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
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Debt is the slavery of the free
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Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
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The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body
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Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
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A friendship that can end never really began
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He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
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Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.
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The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
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We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
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The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
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What is left when honor is lost?
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Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
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A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
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Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
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I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
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The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.
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One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
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A good reputation is more valuable than money.
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From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
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The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
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Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Where there is unity there is always victory.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS