Phaedrus Quotes & Sayings

#1. A learned man has always riches in himself.

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

#3. Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.

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

#5. The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

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

#7. Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

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

#9. Success tempts many to their ruin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#17. An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

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

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

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

#21. Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

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

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

Phaedrus Quotes