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

Quote by Phaedrus

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An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

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

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

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

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

Success tempts many to their ruin.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself...

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself...

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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