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

More from Phaedrus

  1. That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines.
  2. No one returns with good will to the place which has done him a mischief.
  3. Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.
  4. Non semper ea sunt quae videntur.
  5. To add insult to injury
  6. Once lost, Jupiter himself cannot bring back opportunity.

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