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Publilius Syrus on Saint Patrick's Day

Italy

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Unless you bear with the faults of a friend, you betray your own.

When fortune favors a man too much, she makes him a fool.

Fortune is like glass—the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

It is more easy to get a favor from Fortune than to keep it.

Fortune is like glass; when she shines, she is broken.

Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.

That is a very wretched fortune which has no enemy.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

A friend must not be injured, even in jest.

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.

Disputed

Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

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When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.

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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Publilius Syrus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.