Quote of Publilius Syrus - From the faults of another a...

Biography - Publilius Syrus:

Latin writer *Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: -85 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Syria
Syria

Quote

From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.”
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

Translation

(French, Latin, German)

Le sage corrige ses vices en voyant ceux d’autrui.”
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum.”

Der Weise wird an anderer Leute Schaden klug.”
Publilius Syrus - Sententiae

Quotes for: sage:

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
Francis Bacon

sage

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Those who live without madness are not as wise as they think.”
François de La Rochefoucauld

The wise man is rich”
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Even for the wise, the desire for glory is the last of all passions to be laid aside.”
Publius Cornelius Tacitus

sage

A wise man will be master of his mind. A fool will be its slave.”
Publilius Syrus

sage

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Quotes for: vice:

Ingratitude is the mother of all vice.”
Jean de La Fontaine - Tales and Novellas in Verse

There is only one vice of which no-one boasts - ingratitude.”
Gérard de Nerval - Paradoxe et vérité

Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.”
Francis Bacon

Yet it is better to accept public morals and human vices calmly without bursting into either laughter or tears.”
Seneca - On Tranquility of the Mind

Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.”
Voltaire - Candide ou l'Optimisme

O philosophy, life’s guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Quotes about others:

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde - Quotation of uncertain origin

To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.”
Gaston Bachelard - La Psychanalyse du feu

If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

others

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

When you are happy, there is still much to be done: to comfort others.”
Jules Renard

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Publilius Syrus also said...

He has what he desires who can limit his desires to what is enough.”
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.”
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

Prudence

Youth must be mastered not by force but by reason.”
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

In excessive altercation, truth is lost.”
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

truth

Even a single hair casts a shadow.”
Publilius Syrus

shadow

A wise man will be master of his mind. A fool will be its slave.”
Publilius Syrus

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