WIST Quotations

Phaedrus -- (Atributed)

Dave — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:43:09 +0000

The mind ought sometimes to be amused, that it may better return to thought, and to itself.

Phaedrus (15 BC-AD 50) Roman fabulist, poet
(Atributed)

Quoted in Henry Southgate, Things a Lady Would Like to Know Concerning Domestic Management (1875).

Phaedrus -- Fables, Book 3, #14, “Aesop Playing”

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Cito rumpes arcum si habueris semper tensum, at si laxaris erit utilis cum voles
[You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched, but if you slacken it, it will be fit for use when you wish.]

Phaedrus (15 BC-AD 50) Roman fabulist, poet
Fables, Book 3, #14, “Aesop Playing”

Phaedrus -- Fables, Book 4, #2

Dave — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:38:33 +0000

Non semper ea sunt quae videntur.
[Things are not always what they seem.]

Phaedrus (15 BC-AD 50) Roman fabulist, poet
Fables, Book 4, #2

Phaedrus -- Fables, Book I, fable 26, line 12

Dave — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:45:50 +0000

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

Phaedrus (15 BC-AD 50) Roman fabulist, poet
Fables, Book I, fable 26, line 12