Maxioms by Syrus (publilius Syrus)
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
