Frases célebres de Publilio Siro
“A fuerza de soportar mucho, llegará lo que no pueda soportarse.”
Sin fuentes
Original en latín: «Patiendo multa, venient quae nequeas pati».
“Dos veces vence el que se vence a sí mismo.”
Original en latín: «Bis vincit qui se vincit».
Es el lema de la familia Bysee (pronunciado Bis). Buckler.
Traducción: «Vence el que se vence a sí mismo».
Es el lema de la familia Holland, y aparece en el logotipo de la cerveza sin alcohol Buckler.
Variante: «Vincit qui se vincit».
Variante: Vence el que se vence a sí mismo.
Publilio Siro Frases y Citas
“Hasta un solo cabello hace su sombra.”
Sin fuentes
Original: «Etiam capillus unus habet umbram suam».
“La herida del amor la sana el mismo que la produce.”
Sin fuentes
Original: «Amoris vulnus idem sanat qui facit».
“El día que sigue es discípulo del que precede.”
Sin fuentes
Original: «Discipulus est prioris posterior dies».
“«El que es temido por muchos, debe temer a muchos».”
Sin fuentes
Variante: Quien de muchos es temido, tiene a muchos que temer.
“Para causar un desastre cualquier rumor vale.”
Sin fuentes
Original: «Ad calamitatem, quilibet rumor valet».
“Quien da pronto algo bueno al necesitado, da dos veces.”
Sin fuentes
Original: «Inopi beneficium bis dat qui dat celeriter».
“Siempre el hombre piensa una cosa, y la fortuna otra.”
Sin fuentes
Traducción: «Homo semper aliud, fortuna aliut, cogitat».
“Todo mérito queda oculto, si no lo proclama la fama.”
Original: «Iacet omnis virtus, fama nisi late patet».
“Está a salvo de cualquier peligro aquel que, aún estando seguro, se mantiene en guardia.”
Fuente: Ortega Blake, Arturo. El gran libro de las frases célebres. Editorial Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, 2013. ISBN 978-60-73116-31-2.
Publilio Siro: Frases en inglés
“He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.”
Maxim 77
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“It is more easy to get a favor from Fortune than to keep it.”
Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas.
Maxim 282
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“Penitence follows hasty decisions.”
Velox consilium sequitur paenitentia.
Maxim 961
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“His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.”
Maxim 283
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“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
Maxim 914
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“It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.”
Maxim 233
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“To do two things at once is to do neither.”
Misattributed as Maxim 7, p. 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=GKFGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22To+do+two+things+at+once+is+to+do+neither.%22 <br class="br">Variant of: <br class="br">Duos qui sequitur lepores neutrum capit <br class="br">Who chases two rabbits catches neither. <br class="br">A Dictionary of Quotations in most frequent Use, David Evans Macdonnel, 1797, quoted in The Monthly Review, 1798, p. 467 https://books.google.com/books?id=KYhPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA467&dq=%22duos+qui+sequitur+lepores+neutrum+capit%22 <br class="br">Apparently of medieval or modern origin, not found in antiquity. <br class="br">Misattributed
“To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.”
Maxim 113
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.”
Maxim 143
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.”
Maxim 459
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.”
Maxim 97
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.”
Maxim 633
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“A rolling stone gathers no moss.”
Saxum volutum non obducitur musco
Maxim 524
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“Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”
Maxim 865
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“As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”
Maxim 1
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“Solitude is the mother of anxieties.”
Maxim 222
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“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
Maxim 584
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.”
Maxim 275
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.”
Maxim 49
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Tension weakens the bow; the want of it, the mind.”
Maxim 59
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.”
Maxim 780
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“A beautiful face is a silent commendation.”
Formonsa facies muta commendatio est.
Maxim 283
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“When reason rules, money is a blessing.”
Maxim 50
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“There are some remedies worse than the disease.”
Maxim 301
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“Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.”
Maxim 847
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“We may with advantage at times forget what we know.”
Maxim 234
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“Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.”
Invitat culpam qui peccatum praeterit
Maxim 750
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“Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.”
Maxim 124
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“A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.”
Maxin 267
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“Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.”
Maxim 557
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