• Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC), was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy...
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  • most delightful" (In nil sapiendo vita iucundissima est), a quote by Publilius Syrus Ignorance Is Bliss (Face to Face album), a 1999 album by Face to Face...
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    Wikiquote has quotations related to Publilius Syrus & "A rolling stone gather no moss". Look up a rolling stone gathers no moss in Wiktionary, the free...
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  • Syrus is a character in Greek mythology after whom Syria and the Syrians are named. Syrus may also refer to: Publilius Syrus (fl. 85 BC - 43 BC), Syrian-born...
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  • comic plays (such as those of Plautus) and mimes (such as those of Publilius Syrus). Jokes from these sources usually depended on sexual themes. Cicero...
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    Nonius. He might perhaps be the same person as Publilius Syrus. Publilius Syrus, sometimes found as Publius Syrus, a freedman, who gained fame at Rome by writing...
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    polymath Propertius, Roman poet Rutilius Lupus, Roman rhetorician Publilius Syrus, Syrian/Roman poet and dramatist Sallust, Roman historian, politician...
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    especially Virgil, but also Ovid, Horace, and Lucretius. Seneca also quotes Publilius Syrus, such as during the eighth letter, "On the Philosopher's Seclusion"...
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  • There were also compilations of brief sententiae from authors such as Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC), along with smaller groupings of verse on specialized...
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  • Roman novel written by Publilius Syrus. The book is a series of proverbs written in Latin. Commonplace books Publilius Syrus, a writer of sententiae...
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    to what each person says. The Durham Proverbs Medieval literature Publilius Syrus 2011 “The love for truth. Life and work of Michael Servetus”, (El amor...
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    Andronicus, the comic playwright Terence, the writer of sententiae Publilius Syrus, the father of the poet Horace, the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, the...
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  • totum perdit he who wants everything loses everything Attributed to Publilius Syrus qui transtulit sustinet he who transplanted still sustains Or "he who...
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  • avaritiae omnia to poverty many things are lacking; to avarice, everything Publilius Syrus. insita hominibus libidine alendi de industria rumores men have an...
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    among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. — Publilius Syrus Information dissemination is an attack on privacy when information...
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    Books 7–12, Appendix Vergiliana L284) Minor Latin Poets: Volume I. Publilius Syrus. Elegies on Maecenas. Grattius. Calpurnius Siculus. Laus Pisonis. Einsiedeln...
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  • used in the Epodes of Horace, the fables of Phaedrus, the proverbs of Publilius Syrus, and the tragedies of Seneca the Younger. In the accentual-syllabic...
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    perverb "A rolling stone gathers momentum" (based on the saying by Publilius Syrus) is moderately popular in technology-minded circles, having been featured...
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    correspondent with Cicero Cornelius Nepos (100–24 BC), biographer Publilius Syrus (1st century BC), writer of mimes and maxims Quintus Cornificius (1st...
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  • authors including: Horace (1818), Virgil (1818), Phaedrus with Avianus, Publilius Syrus and Dionysius Cato (1823), Sallust (1825), Tacitus (1825) and Curtius...
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  • avaritiae omnia to poverty many things are lacking; to avarice, everything Publilius Syrus. insita hominibus libidine alendi de industria rumores men have an...
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    absolvitur (the judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted) —Publilius Syrus, Sententiae. 1809. Sermons in two volumes 1839. Ballot 1845. A Fragment...
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  • Facebook, Inc. As of 2010, his net worth is nearly two billion USD. Publilius Syrus, classics writer who is often quoted for his seminal Latin work Sentences...
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  • de Cremona together with the younger Seneca. Also in the edition is Publilius Syrus, whose Sententiae are in the so-called Proverbia Senecae. The mistake...
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  • appear in one of his own plays in a public contest with the actor Publilius Syrus. Laberius pronounced a dignified prologue on the degradation thus thrust...
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  • de Cremona together with the younger Seneca. Also in the edition is Publilius Syrus, whose Sententiae are in the so-called Proverbia Senecae. The mistake...
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  • and translator of ancient authors (Julius Paulus, Dionysius Cato, Publilius Syrus). She received the State Prize of the USSR. Shtaerman studied under...
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  • Clemens Prudentius - Christian poet Quintus Publilius Philo - consul Publilius Syrus - writer Volero Publilius - early tribune Publius Pupius - tragedian...
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    Marcellus, Scipio the Younger and Marius. The sayings (sententiae) of Publilius Syrus are often attached to divine qualities, including Felicitas: "The people's...
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    arrows, for which he was canonised and became the patron saint of Oslo. Publilius Syrus (fl. 85 – 43 BCE), a Latin writer best known for his sententiae. He...
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