I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

—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

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

—Publilius Syrus

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

—Publilius Syrus

Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.

—Publilius Syrus

What is left when honor is lost?

—Publilius Syrus

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

—Publilius Syrus

More quotations tagged with “silence”

Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.

—Peter Minard

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

—Muhammad Ali

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

—Martin Fraquhar Tupper

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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