Phaedrus Quotes

“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

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

— Phaedrus

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

— Phaedrus

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

— Phaedrus

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

— Phaedrus

“Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.”

— Phaedrus

“A learned man has always riches in himself.”

— 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 only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.”

— Phaedrus

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

— Phaedrus

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

— Phaedrus

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

— Phaedrus

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

— 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

“Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.”

— Phaedrus

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

— Phaedrus

“The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.”

— 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