Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

IIPUBLILIUS SYRUSThe height of misery is life at another's will.The tame way is safer, but it's the way ofslaves.5 A dishonourable death is fate's insolence.You'd go ^^Tong lessoften if you knew your ignorance.Any evil-doer under punishment isthe good.a protection toIt's an ill want that springs from plenty.Advice, not punishment, is what fits folly.) He who is pardoned in his vvrong-doing is far moreshamefully condemned.'^Make not another's misfortune your joy.For the unlucky it's always best to do nothing.The eyes commit no v\Tong, if the mind controls theej^es.Think nothing your own that can change.5 It's long before the downfall overwhelms him whofears a crack.° i.e. a man who has such a bad character that no onepays attention to his misdeed is, in fact, wholly out of court.To treat his misdeed so lightly shows what is thought of theoffender.69