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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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CATODo good to a good man.Give safe adviee.Do not be abusive.Hold fast to your reputation.Judge fairly.Tell no lie.Control your anger.Overcome your parent <strong>with</strong> patience.Do not despise a younger man.Do nothing <strong>with</strong> the caprice of might.Accept the law which you yourself made.Bear in mind a benefit received.Say little at a banquet.Do not deride the wretched.Judge not at all.Do not covet what is another's.Undertake what is fair.Show affection gladly.Put zeal into noble pursuits.THE DISTICHSOF CATOBOOK I1. If God be spirit, as bards represent,He must be worshipped <strong>with</strong> a clean intent.2. Watch always more : sleep must not thee entice :Prolonged inaction serves up food for vice.3. To rule the tongue I reckon virtue's heightHe's nearest God who can be dumb aright.4. Avoid the clash of inconsistency :Who fights <strong>with</strong> self, <strong>with</strong> no one will agree.597

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