Quote #49
Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
More from Publilius Syrus
- It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
- I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
- Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
- Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
- Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.
- Familiarity breeds contempt.
- Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
- Necessity knows no law except to conquer.