Publius Syrus citations célèbres
“Il n'est pas permis de blesser un ami, même en plaisantant.”
Amicum laedere, ne joco quidem licet.
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Publius Syrus: Citations en anglais
“It is more easy to get a favor from Fortune than to keep it.”
Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas.
Maxim 282
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“His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.”
Maxim 283
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“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
Maxim 914
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“It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.”
Maxim 233
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“To do two things at once is to do neither.”
Misattributed as Maxim 7, p. 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=GKFGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22To+do+two+things+at+once+is+to+do+neither.%22
Variant of:
Duos qui sequitur lepores neutrum capit
Who chases two rabbits catches neither.
A Dictionary of Quotations in most frequent Use, David Evans Macdonnel, 1797, quoted in The Monthly Review, 1798, p. 467 https://books.google.com/books?id=KYhPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA467&dq=%22duos+qui+sequitur+lepores+neutrum+capit%22
Apparently of medieval or modern origin, not found in antiquity.
Misattributed
“To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.”
Maxim 113
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“An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.”
Maxim 143
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“He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.”
Maxim 459
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“He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.”
Maxim 97
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“Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.”
Maxim 633
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“A rolling stone gathers no moss.”
Saxum volutum non obducitur musco
Maxim 524
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“Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”
Maxim 865
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“As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”
Maxim 1
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“Solitude is the mother of anxieties.”
Maxim 222
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“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
Maxim 584
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“When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.”
Maxim 275
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“A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.”
Maxim 49
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“Tension weakens the bow; the want of it, the mind.”
Maxim 59
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“It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.”
Maxim 780
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“A beautiful face is a silent commendation.”
Formonsa facies muta commendatio est.
Maxim 283
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“When reason rules, money is a blessing.”
Maxim 50
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“There are some remedies worse than the disease.”
Maxim 301
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“Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.”
Maxim 847
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“We may with advantage at times forget what we know.”
Maxim 234
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“Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.”
Invitat culpam qui peccatum praeterit
Maxim 750
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“Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.”
Maxim 124
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“A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.”
Maxin 267
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“Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.”
Maxim 557
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“Confidence is the only bond of friendship.”
Maxim 34
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