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Publilius Syrus

Quote of Publilius Syrus - Speech is the mirror of the...


Biography - Publilius Syrus:

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

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Die Sprache ist der Spiegel der Seele: Wie ein Mensch spricht, so ist er.

French
Le discours est l'image de l'âme : tel homme, tels discours.




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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The true mirror of our discourse is the course of our lives.




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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.





At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.





For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.











Quotes for: Language


Quotes

Quotes for: Language


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.





The language of truth is simple.





Language is a source of misunderstanding.





Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.





Language is the house of the truth of Being.





Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.











Quotes

Quotes for: mirror


For our improvement we need a mirror.





There are mirrors for the face, but none for the mind.





All the arts are like mirrors in which the human beings know and recognize something of themselves they ignored.





You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.





Babies and animals are the mirrors of nature.







Quotes

Publilius Syrus also said...


The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.





He has what he desires who can limit his desires to what is enough.





In excessive altercation, truth is lost.





From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.





He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.





It is better to trust in ability than in luck.












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