549 Quotes by Publilius Syrus

What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!

The further the fall, the greater the hurt.

Yesterday should be the teacher of today.

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

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.

One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another like a mother.

A great man may commence life in a hovel.

There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have.

He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.