Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

PUBLILIUS SYIIUSNobody has a good time without its being bad forsomeone.To die at another's bidding isto die a double death.He receives more benefits who knows how to returnthem.35 You sin doubly when you humour a sinner.^When a good disposition is wounded, it is much moreseriously incensed.Good for man is death when it ends life's miseries.The giver of a gift deserved gets benefit by giving.Coaxing, not ordering, makes love sweet.70 Good judgement never humours one who is going%\Tong.Claiming to have done a good turn isasking for one.The alliance of a well-wisher's mind is truest kinship.To confer repeated kindness is tuition in repayment.Aping the words of goodness isthe greater wickedness.75 There is more safety in men's good opinion than inmoney." It is difficult to grasp the meaning of some of thesayings, as the original dramatic context is unknown. Thedouble sin here maj* imply a sin twice as bad : cf. theexpression his emori, 63, and the sentiment in 10.