Roman - Poet | 15 BC - 50 AD
It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.
Phaedrus
FoolAdviceOthersGuardGivePart
Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.
LongBoundariesWithinOffenseKeep
Success tempts many to their ruin.
SuccessRuinMany
A learned man has always riches in himself.
ManAlwaysRichesHimselfLearned
Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.
PatienceResultsBearEveryoneOwn
Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.
FunFriendsStrangersHimMakeHe
That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
ManSufferOnlyHeDisgraceWhich
The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.
YouWillNeedBreakServeBow
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
BrainWithoutShowVainGildedTis
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