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

—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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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

—Publilius Syrus

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

—Publilius Syrus

When yu' can't have why you choose, yu' just choose what you have.

—Publilius Syrus

Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.

—Publilius Syrus

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.

—Publilius Syrus

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Equality… is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

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The love of democracy is that of equality.

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In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

—Charles de Montesquieu

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