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20 THE SAYINGS OF PUBLIUS SYRUS.

101.

Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.

102.

Mercy shown [to the wretched] may become a bulwark of defense.

103.

Happy is the voyage that brings the good together.

104.

A good reputation, even in darkness, keeps on shining.

105.

A death that ends the [incurable] ills of life, is a blessing.

106.

Money is worth something when good sense disburses it.

107.

One man's happy hour is another's bitter time of trial.

108.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

109.

We must master our good fortune, or it will master us.

110.

It is a happy disgrace that saves from a greater peril.

111.

The slothful enjoyment of it, is the worst part of prosperity.

112.

Even in death, a good man would not deceive.

113.

To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.

114.

The more skillfully the language of goodness is assumed, the greater the depravity.

115.

A good man's severity is next neighbor to justice.