Facts about Phaedrus

Occup.	Poet
From	Rome
Born	15 BC
Died	50 AC

Summary

Phaedrus was a famous Poet from Rome, who lived between 15 BC and 50 AC.

Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by Phaedrus, under the main topic Power.

20 Famous quotes by Phaedrus

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The humble are in danger when those in power disagree"

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

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

"Success tempts many to their ruin"

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

"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"

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

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

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

"Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty"

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

"An alliance with a powerful person is never safe"

"A learned man has always riches in himself"