Creative Quotations from Phaedrus (15BC-50AD)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Phaedrus
(15BC-50AD) born on

Roman "poet, short-story writer". He wrote fables in verse based on Aesop.

A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness."

"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."

"Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you."

Success tempts many to their ruin.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Fables, bk. 5, fable 2."
R:
A:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
N:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
K:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."