A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is
a laughing-stock to those who know him.
[Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam
Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]
Cowards
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (I, 11, 1)
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They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari gaudent verbis subdolis,
Sera dant peonas turpes poenitentia.]
Flattery
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (I, 13, 1)
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Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,
Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]
Wealth
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (IV, 12, 1)
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Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your
your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, O miser?
[Lat., Abiturus illuc priores abierunt,
Quid mente caeca torques spiritum?
Tibi dico, avare.]
Misers
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (IV, 19, 16)
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He carried and nourished in his breast a snake, tender-hearted
against his own interest.
[Lat., Colubram sustulit
Sinuque fovet, contra se ipse misericors.]
Kindness
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (bk. IV, 18)
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Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front
he has hung a heavy one full of other people's.
[Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.
Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;
Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]
Faults
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (bk. IV, 9, 1)
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Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus,
Et perdunt operam et deridentur tupiter.]
Advice
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (I, 25)
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Out of breath to no purpose, in doing much doing nothing. A race
(of busybodies) hurtful to itself and most hateful to all others.
[Lat., Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens.
Sibi molesta, et aliis odiosissima.]
Nothingness
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (bk. II, 5, 3)
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Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity
the scorn even of the base.
[Lat., Quicumque amisit dignitatem pristinam
Ignavis etiam jocus est in casu gravi.]
Misfortune
Quotes, by Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) , Source: Fables (I, 21, 1)
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