Maxioms by Syrus (publilius Syrus)
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
[Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]
The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
[Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]
Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.
Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
