About the book
Publius Syrus was a Syrian brought to Italy as a slave in the first century BC, who won his freedom through his wit and talent and went on to write for the stage as a mime and playwright. His dramatic works are almost entirely lost; what survives is this collection of more than a thousand one-line Latin maxims, of which one edition prints 1087. The epigrams sum up a wide range of human emotions and borrow from Stoic, Epicurean, Sceptic and Cynic thought without holding to any one doctrine. Among their subjects are death as the great equalizer, the burden of debt, the harm a rumor can do, anger between friends and the folly of hasty judgment.
Ryan Holiday included it on his Books to Base Your Life On list, describing Publius Syrus as a source of short, practical wisdom that is easy to remember and apply.
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Ryan Holiday (Founder/Brass Check)
A Syrian slave in the first century BC, Publius Syrus is a fountain of quick, helpful wisdom that you cannot help but recall and apply to your life. “Rivers are easiest to cross at their source.” “Want a great empire? Rule over yourself.” “Divide the fire and you will sooner put it out.”
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