Phaedrus Quotes

Phaedrus delivers sharp, cautionary advice on consequences, hypocrisy, and behavior.

21 quotes

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

2. That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines.

3. No one returns with good will to the place which has done him a mischief.

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

5. Non semper ea sunt quae videntur.

6. To add insult to injury

7. Once lost, Jupiter himself cannot bring back opportunity.

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

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

10. An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

11. Success tempts many to their ruin.

12. A learned man has always riches in himself.

13. The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.

14. Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

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

16. The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

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

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

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

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

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