Many receive advice, few profit by it.

—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...

More quotations from Publilius Syrus

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

More quotations tagged with “advice”

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

—Pierre Charron

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

—Hannah Whitall Smith

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

Never give advice unless asked.

—German Proverb

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

—G. K. Chesterton

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