Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia)

Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your
your disgraceful life with such mean read more

Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your
your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, O miser?
[Lat., Abiturus illuc priores abierunt,
Quid mente caeca torques spiritum?
Tibi dico, avare.]

It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.
[Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]

It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.
[Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]

Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity
the scorn even of the base.
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Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity
the scorn even of the base.
[Lat., Quicumque amisit dignitatem pristinam
Ignavis etiam jocus est in casu gravi.]

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]