Phaedrus

Who was Phaedrus?

Phaedrus, Roman fabulist, was probably a Thracian slave, born in Pydna of Macedonia and lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius. He is recognized as the first writer to Latinize entire books of fables, retelling in iambic metre the Greek prose Aesopic tales.

Famous Quotes:

• The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.
• Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.
• An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
• First appearance deceives many.
• I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
• Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
• Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.
• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
• In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
• Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.