The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Phædrus

4 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Nunquam est fidelis cum potente societas. A partnership with men in power is never safe.— filed under Danger
Non semper ea sunt quæ videntur; decipit Frons prima multos. Things are not always what they seem; first appearances deceive many.— filed under Deceit
In principatu commutando civium Nil præter domini nomen mutant pauperes. In a change of government the poor change nothing but the name of their masters.— filed under Power
Sæpe intereunt aliis meditantes necem. Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.— filed under Riches
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