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• We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 559
• We may with advantage at times forget what we know. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 234
• While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 185
• As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 1
• We are interested in others when they are interested in us. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 16
• It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 233
• You need not hang up the ivy-branch over the wine that will sell.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 968...
• Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 633
• Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 120...