What is left when honor is lost?

—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

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

—Publilius Syrus

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

—Publilius Syrus

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

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

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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

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Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

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Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

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An honor is not diminished for being shared.

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Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.

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