Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

PUBLILIUS SYRUSTo ask a favour isslavery of a sort.To lose what is not your own is not to lose but togive back.Anger always thinks it has power beyond its power.When shame rebukes a man, there's hope for hissoul's health.It's the well-wisher's way to advise before he corrects.The sage bears arms against the world when hethinks.'Tis most just to remember to whom you owe yourself.Fools fear fortune, wise men bear it.Wisdom isfound by sense, not years.Bounty holds herself ever rich.The wise man gives an injury room to settle down.In a hazard venturesomeness replaces deliberation.Counsel isever lacking when most needed.It's a curt refusal when the wise man meets a requestwith silence.The mind always fears the unknown evil more.*5^ sic Spengel :f sapiens semper quiescendi dat locuminiuriae F, Meyer : saepe ignoscendo das iniuriae locumGruter : semper quiescens des iniuriae locum Meyer iji not.®^* sic F : cum . . . si . . . graviter 0, Meyer.101