Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
Publilius Syrus
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Publilius Syrus
Actor
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Nisibis
Tolerable
Refused
Deceived
Deception
More quotes by Publilius Syrus
To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.
Publilius Syrus
He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.
Publilius Syrus
Flattery was formerly a vice it has now become the fashion.
Publilius Syrus
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
Publilius Syrus
It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
Publilius Syrus
He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself.
Publilius Syrus
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
Publilius Syrus
Every one excels in something in which another fails.
Publilius Syrus
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.
Publilius Syrus
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
Publilius Syrus
Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
Publilius Syrus
A homely woman is one of the most comely of apes.
Publilius Syrus
Each succeeding day is the scholar of that which went before it.
Publilius Syrus
There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory.
Publilius Syrus
He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
Publilius Syrus
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
Publilius Syrus
Lovers know what they want, but not what they need.
Publilius Syrus
Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
Publilius Syrus
Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
Publilius Syrus
The wretched reflect either too much or too little.
Publilius Syrus