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18               THE SAYINGS OF PUBLIUS SYRUS No amount of gain satisfies Avarice.

The [rich] miser suffers more from a loss than a [poor] sage.

Avarice is the source of its own sorrows.

The avaricious man's best deed is his death.

Greediness ill-becomes any one; least of all, an old man.

A well-planned project often turns out ill.

He sleeps well, who knows not that he sleeps ill.

It is well to yield up a pleasure, when a pain goes with it.

The guilty man deserves to lose the money with which he would bride the judge.

Happy he who died when death was desirable.

A good reputation is a second patrimony.

We make the nearest approaches to the gods in our good deeds.

No one but a knave or a fool thinks a good deed thrown away.

The more benefits bestowed, the more received.

Never forget a received; be quick to forget a favor bestowed.