Famous Quotes / Phaedrus
24 Quotations by Phaedrus
- 1. Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed.
- 2. An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
- 3. First appearance deceives many.
- 4. Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
- 5. I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
- 6. In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
- 7. It is destruction to the weak man to attempt to imitate the powerful.
- 8. It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.
- 9. Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.
- 10. Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
- 11. Success tempts many to their ruin.
- 12. That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
- 13. The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
- 14. The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
- 15. The humble suffer when the mighty disagree.
- 16. The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.
- 17. There is danger in both belief and unbelief.
- 18. Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few ...
- 19. To add insult to injury.
- 20. Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.