Phaedrus Quotations

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

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

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

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

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

A learned man has always riches in himself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

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

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

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

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

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

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.