Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person. And nothing pisses a person off more than being shoved into the wrong pigeonhole.

—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

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

—Publilius Syrus

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

—Publilius Syrus

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word—excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

—Publilius Syrus

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

—Publilius Syrus

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

—Publilius Syrus

More quotations tagged with “giving”

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

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If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

—Margaret Cho

You try to give away what you want yourself.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

—Kahlil Gibran

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