Skip to content

By doing nothing men learn to do ill.

— Publilius Syrus Disputed

Another quote →

Notes from Wikiquote

Compare Ecclesiasticus 33:27 (KJV): "idleness teacheth much evil".

More quotes by Publilius Syrus

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.

Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech.

Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

All Publilius Syrus quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Publilius Syrus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.