Ill have I brook’d that nobler foes Should triumph o’er my … - Phaedrus

" "
Ill have I brook’d that nobler foes
Should triumph o’er my dying woes:
But, scorn of nature, forced to lie
And take thy taunts, is twice to die.

Phaedrus

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Phaedrus

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.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Gaius Julius Phaedrus • Phædrus

All quotes from Phaedrus Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Phaedrus:

Aesop Seneca Euripides Publilius Syrus Sophocles

Additional quotes by Phaedrus

Once lost, Jupiter himself cannot bring back opportunity.

A fly bit the bare pate of a bald man, who in endeavouring to crush it gave himself a hard slap. Then said the fly jeeringly, "You wanted to revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death; what will you do to yourself, who have added insult to injury?"

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

Ill have I brook’d that nobler foes Should triumph o’er my dying woes: But, scorn of nature, forced to lie And take thy taunts, is twice to die. - Phaedrus

About Phaedrus

Also Known As

Unlimited Quote Collections

Additional quotes by Phaedrus