Phaedrus > Quotes

“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”
― Phaedrus

“The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.”
― Phaedrus

“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many. The intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”
― Phaedrus

“Things are not always what they seem.”
― Phaedrus

“Things are not always what they seem; outward form deceives many; rare is the mind that discerns what is carefully concealed within.”
― Phaedrus

“The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.”
― Phaedrus

“Virtutis expers verbis iactans gloriam ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.
(Chi manca di valore ed esalta le proprie opere inganna chi non lo conosce, ma è deriso da chi lo conosce.)”
― Fedro, Favole

“Amittit merito proprium qui alienum adpetit.
(Perde giustamente il proprio chi desidera quello degli altri.)”
― Fedro

“If a man in love commits some misdeed ... he will suffer much more at being observed in it by his love than by his father.”
― Phaedrus

“Plerumque stulti, risum dum captant levem, gravi destringunt alios contumelia.
(Sono soprattutto gli sciocchi che, cercando di suscitare il riso, offendono gravemente gli altri.)”
― Fedro, Favole

“Spesso c'è più saggezza in uno che in una moltitudine.”
― Fedro, Favole