Quote

Excessive severity misses its own aim.

Publilius Syrus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Publilius Syrus
Actor
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Nisibis
Aim
Missing
Misses
Severity
Excessive

More quotes by Publilius Syrus

Image
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
Publilius Syrus
Image
The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others
Publilius Syrus
Image
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
Publilius Syrus
Image
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Publilius Syrus
Image
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
Publilius Syrus
Image
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
Publilius Syrus
Image
Suspicion is ever strong on the suffering side.
Publilius Syrus
Image
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]
Publilius Syrus
Image
We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.
Publilius Syrus
Image
A god could hardly love and be wise.
Publilius Syrus
Image
Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as poverty of what it has not.
Publilius Syrus
Image
A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey.
Publilius Syrus
Image
It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.
Publilius Syrus
Image
Deliberando saepe perit occasio
Publilius Syrus
Image
It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
Publilius Syrus
Image
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
Publilius Syrus
Image
Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
Publilius Syrus
Image
There is more of fear than delight in a secret pleasure.
Publilius Syrus
Image
The swiftest despatch seems slow to desire.
Publilius Syrus
Image
Lovers know what they want, but not what they need.
Publilius Syrus