Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia)

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
[Lat., Id demum est homini read more

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
[Lat., Id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati.]

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.]

They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari read more

They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari gaudent verbis subdolis,
Sera dant peonas turpes poenitentia.]

Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many.
[Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.]

Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many.
[Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.]

All the old knives
That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.

All the old knives
That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.