Publilio Siro: Man

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“The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.”

Maxim 941
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”

Maxim 584
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

“A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.”

Maxim 49
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

“Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.”
Alienum aes homini ingenuo acerba est servitus.

Maxim 14
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Variant: "Debt is the slavery of the free."

“Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.”

Maxim 1073
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

“What happens to one man may happen to all.”

Maxim 171
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

“There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.”

Maxim 138
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave