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SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS)
Roman (Syrian-born) mimographer
(c. 1st century BC)
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A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
      - [Proverbs]

A beautiful face is a silent recommendation.
  [Lat., Formosa facies muta commendatio est.]
      - [Beauty]

A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
      - [Proverbs]

A great fortune enslaves its owner.
      - [Proverbs]

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.
      - [Proverbs]

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
      - [Proverbs]

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.
      - [Proverbs]

A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as a carriage.
      - [Proverbs]

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
      - [Proverbs]

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
      - [Proverbs]

A small debt makes a debtor; a heavy one makes an enemy.
      - [Debt]

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
      - [Proverbs]

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
      - [Proverbs]

A woman either loves or hates.
      - [Proverbs]

Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
      - [Proverbs]

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
      - [Proverbs]

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
      - [Proverbs]

All powerful is the rule of fashion.
      - [Proverbs]

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
      - [Anger]

An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with himself.
      - [Proverbs]

An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.
      - [Enemies]

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
      - [Proverbs]

By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
      - [Proverbs]

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
      - [Proverbs]

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
      - [Proverbs]


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