Phaedrus Quotes

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

– Phaedrus

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

– Phaedrus

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.

– Phaedrus

In outward show so splendid and so vain; ’tis but a gilded block without a brain.

– Phaedrus

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

– Phaedrus

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.

– Phaedrus

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

– Phaedrus

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.

– Phaedrus

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

– Phaedrus

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

– Phaedrus

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master’s name.

– Phaedrus

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

– Phaedrus

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

– Phaedrus

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

– Phaedrus

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

– Phaedrus

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

– Phaedrus

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

– Phaedrus

A learned man has always riches in himself.

– Phaedrus

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

– Phaedrus

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

– Phaedrus

Success tempts many to their ruin.

– Phaedrus