Publilius Syrus Quotes

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone.

What is left when honor is lost?

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

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

The poor lack much, the greedy everything.

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

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Publilius Syrus, remarked: ‘We are interested in others when they are interested in us.

We Are Interested In Others When They Are Interested In Us

It is better to learn late than never.

Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself. Publilius Syrus

Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

A friendship that can end never really began.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.

Debt is the slavery of the free

Either be silent, or say something better than silence.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

You should not live one way in private, another in public.

In the words of Publilius Syrus: A wise man will be master of his mind, A fool will be its slave.

Publilius Syrus come to me: Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur; we choose to love; we do not choose to cease loving.

It is only the ignorant who despise education

He is foolish to blame the sea that is shipwrecked twice.

whom fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss..............

Where there is unity, there is always victory

What greater evil could you wish a miser than long life?

Many consult their reputation; but few their conscience.

In quarreling, the truth is always lost.

To do two things at once is to do neither. —Publilius Syrus This is one of my favorite quotes on multitasking and it absolutely pertains to eating. Before I lived in Paris, it was not uncommon to see me eating a meal standing up, perhaps at my kitchen counter, with my cell phone lodged between my ear and my shoulder. Or worse yet, in front of the TV. By the time the meal was over, I wouldn’t have known I had eaten anything at all.

Even one hair has a shadow.

It’s a bad plan that can’t be changed.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

Лицемерният другар е много по-лош и от най-злия враг.

Prudence He does well who moors his boat with two anchors. PUBLILIUS SYRUS

To do two things at once is to do neither.” —Publilius Syrus

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself. —PUBLILIUS SYRUS

A wise man is the master of his own mind” “A fool is a slave to his” - Publilius Syrus

if something is fragile, its risk of breaking makes anything you do to improve it or make it “efficient” inconsequential unless you first reduce that risk of breaking. As Publilius Syrus wrote, nothing can be done both hastily and safely—almost nothing.

Practice is the best of all instructors

A wise man will be the master of his mind. A fool will be it's slave.

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are in suffering.

Mighty rivers may easily be leaped at their source

To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Под плача на наследника често е скрит радостен смях.

Ще стигне красноречието на този, който защитава невинния.

Важно е да се знае точно в какъв смисъл се разбира всяка дума.

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.

He Conquers Who Conquers Himself

Rivers,” Publilius Syrus reminds us with an epigram, “are easiest to cross at their source.” That’s what Seneca means too. The raging waters and deadly currents of bad habits, ill discipline, chaos, and dysfunction—somewhere they began as no more than just a slight trickle. Somewhere they are a placid lake or pond, even a bubbling underground spring. Which would you rather do—nearly drown in a dangerous crossing in a few weeks or cross now while it’s still easy?

don’t control. All the energy you put toward things you don’t control comes out of the energy you can put toward the things you can. While no one chooses difficult circumstances, adversity provides opportunity. It allows us to test ourselves, and see who we’ve become. The test isn’t against other people, though; it’s against our former selves. Are we better than we were yesterday? When circumstances are easy, it’s hard to distinguish ordinary people from extraordinary ones, or to see the extraordinary within ourselves. As the Roman slave Publilius Syrus once said, “Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.”[*]

It is better to learn late than never. —Publilius Syrus, first-century writer

BIG IDEAS Go small. Don’t focus on being busy; focus on being productive. Allow what matters most to drive your day. Go extreme. Once you’ve figured out what actually matters, keep asking what matters most until there is only one thing left. That core activity goes at the top of your success list. Say no. Whether you say “later” or “never,” the point is to say “not now” to anything else you could do until your most important work is done. Don’t get trapped in the “check off” game. If we believe things don’t matter equally, we must act accordingly. We can’t fall prey to the notion that everything has to be done, that checking things off our list is what success is all about. We can’t be trapped in a game of “check off” that never produces a winner. The truth is that things don’t matter equally and success is found in doing what matters most. Sometimes it’s the first thing you do. Sometimes it’s the only thing you do. Regardless, doing the most important thing is always the most important thing. 5 MULTITASKING “To do two things at once is to do neither.” —Publilius Syrus So, if doing the most important thing is the most important thing, why would you try to do anything else at the same time?

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

As Publilius Syrus said in the first century BC: Not every question deserves an answer. Who the heck was Publilius Syrus? Look up an encyclopaedia.

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

A long time ago, a hundred years before Christ was born, a Roman poet, Publilius Syrus, remarked: “We are interested in others when they are interested in us.

Patiendo multa, venient quae nequeas pati. [A fuerza de soportar mucho, llegará lo que no pueda soportarse.] PUBLILIUS SYRUS

A good reputation is more valuable than money. Publilius Syrus

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. — Publilius Syrus

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

A friendship that can end never really began. ~Publilius Syrus D

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything. PUBLILIUS SYRUS Money

You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.”~Anonymous “Agreement is made more precious by Disagreement.” ~Publilius Syrus “Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. “~Mahatma Gandhi “To disagree, one doesn’t have to be Disagreeable.”~Barry Goldwater “The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool, or he is getting ready to skin you.”~Kin Hubbard

No matter how appealing the idea may seem, multitasking—doing multiple things at the same time—is no solution to the problem of having too much to do and too little time and attention to do it. Strictly speaking, it’s not even possible to be thinking about two tasks at the exact same time. What we are actually doing when we are “multitasking” is switching rapidly between individual tasks, which is a cognitively costly process. As we switch back and forth, we are slower and more likely to miss important things than when we are tackling just one task at a time. Bouncing from task to task also depletes our focus more quickly. This is not a new insight. In the first century BCE, Publilius Syrus, a Latin writer, wrote that “to do two things at once is to do neither.”23

As Publilius Syrus wrote in the first century CE, “As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

Part of the Stoic mindset then was a sort of a cultivated ignorance. Publilius Syrus’s epigram expresses it well: “Always shun that which makes you angry.” Meaning: turn your mind away from the things that provoke it. If you find that discussing politics at the dinner table leads to fighting, why do you keep bringing it up?

He who is quick to judge is quick to repent.

To do two things at once is to do neither. —Publilius Syrus

D. When You Feel Defeated, THINK BIG. It is not possible to achieve large success without hardships and setbacks. But it is possible to live the rest of your life without defeat. Big thinkers react to setbacks this way: 1. Regard the setback as a lesson. Learn from it. Research it. Use it to propel you forward. Salvage something from every setback. 2. Blend persistence with experimentation. Back off and start afresh with a new approach. Think Big Enough to see that defeat is a state of mind, nothing more. E. When Romance Starts to Slip, THINK BIG Negative, petty, “She’s-(He’s)-unfair-to-me-so-I’ll-get-even” type of thinking slaughters romance, destroys the affection that can be yours. Do this when things aren’t going right in the love department: 1. Concentrate on the biggest qualities in the person you want to love you. Put little things where they belong—in second place. 2. Do something special for your mate—and do it often. Think Big Enough to find the secret to marital joys. F. When You Feel Your Progress on the Job Is Slowing Down, THINK BIG No matter what you do and regardless of your occupation, higher status, higher pay come from one thing: increasing the quality and quantity of your output. Do this: Think, “I can do better.” The best is not unattainable. There is room for doing everything better. Nothing in this world is being done as well as it could be. And when you think, “I can do better,” ways to do better will appear. Thinking “I can do better” switches on your creative power. Think Big Enough to see that if you put service first, money takes care of itself. In the words of Publilius Syrus: A wise man will be master of his mind, A fool will be its slave.

Publilius Syrus say: amare et sapere vix deo conced-itur? Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time.

ivers,” Publilius Syrus reminds us with an epigram, “are easiest to cross at their source.” That’s what Seneca means too. The raging waters and deadly currents of bad habits, ill discipline, chaos, and dysfunction—somewhere they began as no more than just a slight trickle. Somewhere they are a placid lake or pond, even a bubbling underground spring. Which would you rather do—nearly drown in a dangerous crossing in a few weeks or cross now while it’s still easy?

To do two things at once, is to do neither.

Why do we not hear the truth? Because we don't speak it.

Vices often have a close relationship to virtues.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself. —PUBLILIUS SYRUS

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm

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