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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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'PUBLILIUS SYRUSAlas, liow hartl tlic maintenance of fame !A man when angry isoutside himself.Ah, how formidable is he who thinks it safe to die !Pity for a stricken fellow-man isto remember one'sown lot.Foul is fair when the cause is good.Aid lent in weal brings aid in woe.Ah, how ghastly is a hurt from one of Avhom youdaren't complainPoverty orders many an experiment.How pitiful the pain that has no voice amidtorture !Ah, how many regrets does length of lifeincur!Ah, how wretched to learn to be a servant when youhave been trained to be masterThe wheedling speech contains itsspecial poison.One dies as often as one loses loved ones.Man's plans <strong>and</strong> Fortune's are ever at variance.An honourable reputation isa second patrimony."Man meets <strong>with</strong> fortune that pain may dog him still.*" C/. the sentiment in 96.* Nisard's rendering is " L'homme serait sans douleurs'il ne trouvait la fortune."47

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