Singulares Sententiæ - Seneca, Lucius Annæus c. 4 BC-65 AD; Publilius Syrus fl. 1st century BC; Gruterus, Janus 1560-1627; Scaliger, Joseph Juste 1540-1609 (Leiden Du Vivié, 1708)
Falsely attributed to Seneca
Publilus Syrus was a Latin writer from the first century BC, famous for his 'sententiae' (maxims, sayings) like Quamvis non rectum quod iuvat rectum putes (It may not be right but if it pays think it so).
Ex libris Mark Pattison Lincoln College Oxon (blind stamp on titlepage)
Ex libris Dominican Father Edinburgh (stamp on back of titlepage)
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Keywords: Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); 18th Century (1701-1800); Moral education; Philology