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


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That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer. [Lat., Id demum est homini turpe...
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An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
PHAEDRUS
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
PHAEDRUS
I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
PHAEDRUS
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
PHAEDRUS
Success tempts many to their ruin.
PHAEDRUS
In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
PHAEDRUS
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.
PHAEDRUS
Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense...
PHAEDRUS
I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
PHAEDRUS
First appearance deceives many.
PHAEDRUS
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PHAEDRUS
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.
PHAEDRUS
The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
PHAEDRUS
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
PHAEDRUS
Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.
PHAEDRUS
Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
PHAEDRUS
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.
PHAEDRUS
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
PHAEDRUS
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth
PHAEDRUS
To add insult to injury.
PHAEDRUS
There is danger in both belief and unbelief.
PHAEDRUS
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.
PHAEDRUS
The humble suffer when the mighty disagree.
PHAEDRUS
Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.
PHAEDRUS
It is destruction to the weak man to attempt to imitate the powerful.
PHAEDRUS
Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed.
PHAEDRUS
Bores to themselves, to others caviar
PHAEDRUS
The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.
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have out of fondness for your offspring attributed to it quite the opposite of its real function. Th...
PHAEDRUS
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain
PHAEDRUS
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.
PHAEDRUS
The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.
PHAEDRUS
It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard
PHAEDRUS
Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him
PHAEDRUS
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you
PHAEDRUS
Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example
PHAEDRUS
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking
PHAEDRUS
A learned man has always riches in himself.
PHAEDRUS
The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.
PHAEDRUS
Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many. [Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo....
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity the scorn even of the base. [La...
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Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth....
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late repentance. [Lat., Qu se laudari ...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. [Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains and are laughed to scorn. [Lat., ...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who kno...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. [Lat., Verum est aviditas dives, et pauper ...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis medit...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Every one ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct. [Lat., Sua quisque exempla debet...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public. [Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer. [Lat., Id demum est homini turpe...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
He carried and nourished in his breast a snake, tender-hearted against his own interest. [Lat., C...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain. [Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est glo...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
I never knew any many in my life, who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christi...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such me...
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Out of breath to no purpose, in doing much doing nothing. A race (of busybodies) hurtful to itself...
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What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi, Injuri...
PHAEDRUS (THRACE OF MACEDONIA)
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis medit...
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