Phaedrus Quotes

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

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

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

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

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

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.

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