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There is also a fable told by Phaedrus, about how Simonides was once a victim of shipwreck. As the other passengers scurried about the sinking ship trying to save their possessions, the poet stood idle. When questioned, he declared, mecum mea sunt cuncta: everything that is me is with me.

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the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

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

Phaedrus
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Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

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An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

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The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

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The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.

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Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

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

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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phaedrus
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