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The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.
Phaedrus

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: Roman
Born: 15 BC
Died: 50 AD

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

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
Phaedrus

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

A learned man has always riches in himself.
Phaedrus

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
Phaedrus

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.
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Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.
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