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...
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.