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
“Never find your delight in another's misfortune.”
Maxim 467
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“It is only the ignorant who despise education.”
Maxim 571
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“No one knows what he can do till he tries.”
Maxim 786
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“Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all.”
Maxim 144
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“God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.”
Maxim 715
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“Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.”
Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.
Maxim 911; one of the most famous renditions of the ancient Greek proverb (which is anonymous and dates to the 5th century BCE or earlier). The provenance of the proverb and its English versions is at Wikiquote's Euripides page, under the heading "Misattributed".
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“The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.”
Maxim 38
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“Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself.”
Maxim 1075
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“Too much straightforwardness is foolish against a shameless person.”
Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas
Maxim 123
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“When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.”
Maxim 338
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“Poverty is the lack of many things, but avarice is the lack of all things.”
Inopiae desunt multa, avaritiae omnia.
Maxim 236
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“Success makes some crimes honorable.”
Maxim 326
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“Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.”
Maxim 191
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“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.”
Malum est consilium, quod mutari non potest.
Maxim 469
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“Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.”
Maxim 305
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“There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.”
Maxim 23
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“The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.”
Maxim 511
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“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
Honesta fama melior pecunia est.
Maxim 108
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“Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.”
Alienum aes homini ingenuo acerba est servitus.
Maxim 14
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Variante: "Debt is the slavery of the free."
“Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.”
Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
Maxim 1060
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“The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.”
Maxim 891
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“Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.”
Maxim 1073
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“Money alone sets all the world in motion.”
Maxim 656
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“Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.”
Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor.
Maxim 63
Variant translation: "Valour grows by daring, fear by holding back."
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“While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.”
Maxim 185
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“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”
Maxim 872
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“Do not take part in the council, unless you are called.”
Maxim 310
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“Receive an injury rather than do one.”
Maxim 5
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“It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.”
Maxim 675
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