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Publilius Syrus

  • The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.
    (topic: anger)


  • An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
    (topic: fathers)


  • A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
    (topic: gifts and giving)


  • How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
    (topic: guilt)


  • The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
    (topic: happiness)


  • It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
    (topic: revenge)


  • Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
    (topic: silence)