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Quotes by Phaedrus

A learned man has always riches in himself.
– Phaedrus
An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
– Phaedrus
Bores to themselves, to others caviar.
– Phaedrus
Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
– 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
It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.
– Phaedrus
Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.
– Phaedrus
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
– Phaedrus
Success tempts many to their ruin.
– Phaedrus
That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
– Phaedrus
The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
– Phaedrus
The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.
– Phaedrus
Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.
– Phaedrus
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.
– Phaedrus
Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.
– Phaedrus
Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed.
– Phaedrus
It is destruction to the weak man to attempt to imitate the powerful.
– Phaedrus
Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.
– Phaedrus
The humble suffer when the mighty disagree.
– Phaedrus
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.
– Phaedrus
There is danger in both belief and unbelief.
– Phaedrus
To add insult to injury.
– Phaedrus
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
– Phaedrus