By this story [The Fox and the Raven] it is shown how much … - Phaedrus

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By this story [The Fox and the Raven] it is shown how much ingenuity avails, and how wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phaedrus

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Gaius Julius Phaedrus (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) was a Roman fabulist, by birth a Macedonian and lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius.

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Alternative Names: Gaius Julius Phaedrus • Phædrus

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Aesop Seneca Euripides Publilius Syrus Sophocles

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Jupiter has loaded us with a couple of wallets: the one, filled with our own vices, line he has placed at our backs; the other, lie heavy with those of others, he has hung before.

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Translation: Things are not always what they seem.

By this story [The Fox and the Raven] it is shown how much ingenuity avails, and how wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. - Phaedrus

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