It is better to learn late than never.

—Publilius Syrus

About Publilius Syrus

Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC) was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Roman Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius Antiochus, astronomer, and Staberius Eros the...

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

—Publilius Syrus

Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.

—Publilius Syrus

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

—Publilius Syrus

We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.

—Publilius Syrus

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

—Publilius Syrus

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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

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Nothing happens for ages, and then all the changes come at once.

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Every moment that passes and I am stuck in this room is a moment that I am not working toward accomplishing my quest. Waiting is not acting. And not acting is akin to failing. How can I wait anymore?

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They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

—Robert A. Heinlein

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