Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Quote by Phaedrus

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

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

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

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...

A learned man has always riches in himself.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

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.

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

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

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

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...

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...

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...

Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of...

Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of...

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it...

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it...